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 | ||
Alliterative free verse (on the theme of C) | ||
Archytas (translation) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative Verse | ||
Alliterative Verse (ljoðadaháttr) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse (fornyrðislag) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Awake, Awake, and Work Your Wonders (Isaiah 51:9-16) | Alliterative verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse (3-4 lifts per line) | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Loose alliterative verse (3 or 4 lifts per line) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
Loose 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 lines with three lifts instead of four | ||
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) | ||
Loose Alliterative Verse | ||
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 | ||
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 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 | ||
A modified triolet (eight lines; the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth, but instead of the standard ABaAabAB rhyme scheme, all lines rhyme). It is in anapaestic tetrameter, with alliterative beats in each hemistich. It is preceded by a palindrome composed in Welsh, which translates as, "Face in the lake — the woman." | ||
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 | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
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) | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
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) | ||
Alliterative verse | ||
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 Free 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 (close imitation of Old English meter) | ||
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 |
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 ABAB quatrains | ||
Alliterative Verse | ||
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 | ||
Alliterative verse (4-5 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 | ||
Loose alliterative verse (2-lift lines except the final two lines, which have 3 lifts) | ||
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 | ||
Loose alliterative verse (4-5 stress lines) | ||
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 | Loose Alliterative Verse | |
Alliterative verse | ||
Aaron Poochigian | 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 verse | ||
Alliterative free verse | ||
Loose alliterative verse | ||
Alliterative 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 (mostly 3-lift half-lines, with two of three stresses alliterating) | ||
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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