Forgotten Ground Regained
Index
This page lists all poems published on this site, by title, author and form.
Title | Author | Form |
A Cry to Heaven (After Psalm 6) | Accentual hexameter with AA/BB/CC alliteration and internal and end-rhyme | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Daniel D. McCollum | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Lines written mostly in alliterative accentual verse (~4 stresses/line) with a daisy-chain rhyme scheme of ab bc cd de ef gh ia, similar to the Claire sonnet. The final couplet repeats the rhyme of the beginning line (in the spirit of a Duplex sonnet). | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Three lift lines with at least two of the three lifts alliterating | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Middle English style with bob and wheel) | ||
All the Air Is Shattered (After Psalm 2) | Accentual tetrameter with AA/BB alliteration and end-rhyme) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterataive haiku | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse |
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (end of the first half-line is a palindrome with the beginning of the second half-line) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Archytas (translation) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative Verse (ljoðadaháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Awake, Awake, and Work Your Wonders (Isaiah 51:9-16) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (imitation of Middle English style with bob and wheel) | ||
Behold, Your God Will Come (Isaiah 35:3-7) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Beowulf: Grappling with Grendel
(translation, lines 702-836) | Loose alliterative verse | |
Beowulf: Grappling with Grendel (translation, lines 702-836) | alliterative accentual tetrameter | |
Beowulf: The Haunted Mere
(translation, lines 1308-1382) | alliterative accentual tetrameter | |
Beowulf: The Haunted Mere
(translation, lines 1338b-1379) | Bruce Byfield | alliterative verse |
Beowulf: Home to Hygelac
(translation, lines 1880-1924) | alliterative accentual tetrameter | |
Beowulf: Fighting the Firedrake (translation, lines 2510-2586) | alliterative accentual tetrameter | |
Beowulf Lies Dead Beside the Dragon (translation, lines 2821-2840) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
A Shakespearean sonnet in amphibrachic tetrameter, alliterating AA/BB | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Thaliarchus tristichs, an experiment described in New Series Issue 1, p. 4.) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse |
Alliterative verse | ||
Call His Name John (Luke 1:5-25) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Thaliarchus tristichs, an experiment described in New Series Issue 1, p. 4.) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse in rhyming couplets | ||
alliterative villanelle; cento based on poems by Dylan Thomas | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Half-lines without structural alliteration | ||
Alliterative verse (dróttkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Dedication for a Shrine of Apollo (translation) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Deor (translation) | Loose alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (dróttkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative verse (kviðuháttr ) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse
(tail-stave meter alliterating in 'b') | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Single Letter Theme | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse (Middle English style) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Forgiveness is Arisen from the Garden's Grave (Chrysostom's Paschal Homily) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Middle English style with occasonal assonance and end rhyme) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Three-stress alliterative lines | ||
Loose alliterative verse with end-rhymes repeated throughout a stanza | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Single-letter alliteration across all 2-lift lines in a long stanza | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse (drotkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Grim Goes Fishing: from A New Lay of Havelok the Dane | Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter, except for one section [the description of the Viking longship] in Old Norse fornyrðislag, with a section near the end that uses Old English-style hypermetric lines) | |
Alliterative verse |
Had It Not Been the Lord (Psalm 124) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (kviðuháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Hannah Sings (1 Samuel 1:1—2:11) | Alliterative verse | |
The Opening of the Háttatal (or, the rules for drottkvætt), paraphrased in fornyrðislag | Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Hear the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 30:8-17) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (imitation of fornyrðislag) | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Horace: Epode 2 (translation) | Alliterative verse (Mixture of ljoðaháttr and galdralag) | |
Anonymous (early 16th Century) | Alliterative verse (Middle English style) | |
Alliterative verse (haðarlag) | ||
Alliterative verse (tail-stave meter, an experiment described in New Series issue 1, p. 4). | ||
How Manifold Are Thy Works (Psalm 104) | Alliterative verse | |
How Many, How Many (after Psalm 3) | Alliterative verse | |
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Hymn to Earendil
(Tolkien fan poetry) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative folk ballad | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse in variable-length stanzas, with rhyming couplets | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse (impressionistic echo of Norse court meter) | ||
Old Irish seadna | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative pantoum | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative rhyming stanzas (loose imitation of Icelandic rimur) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Old Engish style riddle) | ||
AA/BB alliteration with stanza-final rhyming couplet | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse (hagmælt) | ||
Palindromic alliteration with lengthening line | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
An alliterative Shakespearean sonnet in amphibrachic tetrameter. | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (dróttkvœtt) |
Mister Either/Or (Excerpt) | Alliterative verse | |
Mister Either/Or: All the Rage (Excerpt) | Alliterative Verse | |
Alliterative verse (approximates fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Two half lines of alliterative verse + an adonic
(/ u u / u) | ||
Alternating accentual tetrameter/
accental trimeter lines | ||
Mother's Song (excerpt) | Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Never Again (Isaiah 65:17-25) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose iambic pentameter with 2-4 alliterating stresses per line | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
O Lord I Call (After Psalm 5) | Alliterative verse (split alliterative lines with rhyming couplets at points of emphasis) | |
O Wonder-Worker (Psalm 77) | Alliterative verse | |
Loose alliterative verse (Middle English style with bob and wheel) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (malaháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Sprung rhythm | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (kviðuháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Dorothy Nielsen | Alliterative verse | |
Loose alliterative verse in rhyming ABAB stanzas | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Impressionistic imitation of Old English alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
A cross between alliterative verse and Hebrew-style parallelism | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Old Irish Rannaigheact Mhor | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Silence Is Not Safety (After Palm 7) | Primarily AA/BB alliteration | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (partial translation) | Alliterative verse (Middle English style with bob and wheel) | |
Loose alliterative verse |
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag, but divided into sections containing two full stanzas followed by a half stanza). | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Slaying the Dragon(Tolkien fanfiction) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative Verse (ljoðadaháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse (imitation of fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Half-lines without alliteration | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Loose alliterative verse in 6-line stanzas with 2-lift lines | ||
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Iambic pentameter stanzas rhyming ABCABC, lines almost always have at least 2, usually 3-4 alliterating stresses. | ||
1st stanza in alliterative verse, transitioning to highly alliterative iambic pentameter with an ABAB rhyme scheme thereafter. | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Breath of His Lips (Isaiah 11:1-5) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative vers (dróttkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Dream of the Rood (translation) | Loose alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
The Exiles Return (Isaiah 49:8-13) | Alliterative verse | |
Aliterative verse (with non-alliterating refrain) | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterating iambic tetrameter in rhyming couplets | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse [tail-stave meter] | ||
Alliterative verse (galdralag) | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
The Illuminated Manuscript -- Excerpt from The Arthuriad, Part II, Interlude -- The Isle of the Might | Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (approximates to dróttkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative verse (four line stanzas, approxiation of fornyrðislag) | ||
Karl Thornley | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Mayor's Speech from Love Is Enough | William Morris | Loose Alliterative Verse |
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse |
Loose alliterative verse | ||
The Redemption of Daeron(Tolkien fan poetry) | Daeron stanzas (loose iambic tetrameter alliterating AA/BB, in variable length stanzas ending in rhyming couplets) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Impressionistic imitation of fornyrðislag | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Seafarer (translation) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Song of Daniel, Chapter 1 | Alliterative verse | |
The Song of Marwen and Fithurn
(Tolkien fan poetry) | 4-line stanzas with anapastic tetrameter couplets, alternating with Daeron stanzas (loose iambic tetrameter alliterating AA/BB, in variable length stanzas ending in rhyming couplets) | |
The Song of Shadows
(Tolkien fan poetry) | Daeron stanzas (loose iambic tetrameter alliterating AA/BB, in variable length stanzas ending in rhyming couplets) | |
Alliterative verse | ||
The Song of Woe
(Tolkien fan poetry) | Daeron stanzas (loose iambic tetrameter alliterating AA/BB, in variable length stanzas ending in rhyming couplets) | |
The Swan's Song (translation) | Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | |
Alliterative rhyming stanzas (loose imitation of Icelandic rimur) | ||
Alliterative accentual tetrameter | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
The Vineyard Loved by the Lord of Hosts (Isaiah 5:1-7) | Alliterative verse | |
Accentual dimeter (impressionistic imitation of fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
An alliterative Shakespearean sonnet in iambic pentameter. Each line alliterates palindromically (xAxBxCxBxA). | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loosely alliterating accentual tetrameter (four-phrase lines) | ||
Alliterative verse |
Alliterative free verse | ||
To Varius (translation) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (dróttkvœtt) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (kviðuháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse (inspired by Norse forms) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (Middle English style with strategically placed rhyming couplets) | ||
Alliterative verse (imitation of 16th-Century flyting) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (strict Old English meter) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Where Echoes Call and Crash (After Psalm 4) | A mixure of AA/BB and AB/AB alliteration | |
Alliterative sonnet | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative Verse (5-line stanza rhyming ABBC) | ||
An sonnet in anapaestic tetrameter, employing an atypical rhyme scheme. It alliterates across the first three beats of each line; moreover, the alliteration is the same in all 14 lines. | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
You Delight in Mercy and Manifest Love (Micah 7) | Alliterative verse | |
You Have Graced The Heavens (after Psalm 8) | Primarlly AA/BB alliteration | |
Alliterative verse |
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