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Alexander and Dindimus (Alexander Fragment B)

c. 1350
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Amoryus and Cleopes

1449
Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Bevis of Hampton

c. 1300
Form: Rhyming couplets, Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Eger and Grime

c. 1450
Form: Rhyming couplets

Emaré

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

Firumbras (Fillingham Firumbras)

Last quarter of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Floris and Blancheflour

c. 1250
Form: Rhyming couplets

Greene Knight

c.1500
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Havelok the Dane

End of the thirteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Jeaste of Sir Gawain

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

King Arthur and King Cornwall

Late fifteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains), Six-line stanzas, Eight-line stanzas

King Horn

Last part of the thirteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Knight of Curtesy and the Fair Lady of Faguell

Late fourteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Laud Troy Book

Early fifteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Lay le Freine

Early fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Le Bone Florence of Rome

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

Romans of Partenay

c. 1500
Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sir Eglamour of Artois

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

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Late fourteenth century
Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Sir Isumbras

Before 1320
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Landevale

First half of the fourteenth century [?]
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sir Tristrem

Late thirteenth century
Form: Eleven-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Tryamour

End of the fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Song of Roland

c. 1400
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sultan of Babylon

Late fourteenth or early fifteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains), Eight-line stanzas

Turke and Sir Gawain

c. 1500
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Wars of Alexander (Alexander Fragment C)

c. 1450
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle

c. 1450
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Ywain and Gawain

First half of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets