Example of metrical romance poetry

Metrical romance is a form of poetry that was popular in the high renaissance. It was a form of prose poetry that was popular among royals and the upper class. The stories of metrical romance typically involved stories that included the adventures, trials, and tribulations of knights as well as typically told stories of chivalrous feats of said knights. Courtly love was a typical theme of metrical romance as well. Metrical romance was typically written in the language of Old French but was later re worked into German, and English.