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Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Amoryus and Cleopes

1449
Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Emaré

Late fourteenth-century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Gamelyn

c. 1350-70
Form: Rhyming couplets

Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Jeaste of Sir Gawain

Second half of the fifteenth century
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

King of Tars

Early fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Le Bone Florence of Rome

Late fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Marriage of Sir Gawain

Fifteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Merlin

1420s
Form: Rhyming couplets

Octavian

c. 1350
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Roland and Vernagu

before 1330
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sir Cleges

Late fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle

c. 1400
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Isumbras

Before 1320
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Orfeo

Late thirteenth or early fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sir Percevale of Galles

First half of the fourteenth century
Form: Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Squire of Low Degree (Undo Your Door)

?1520
Form: Rhyming couplets

Wars of Alexander (Alexander Fragment C)

c. 1450
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse