What is an example of metrical romance?

An example of metrical romance is any prose poetry written in a style that tells a story and has a happy ending. Popular during the Renaissance, metrical romance was typically written about chivalrous knights and their adventures, romantic or otherwise, and was popular among royalty and the upper class.

Metrical romance poetry is written in stanza form in quatrains of twelve-syllable lines or eight-syllable lines. In addition to telling the tales of knights, this style of writing has been used in religious writing, romantic novellas and historical legends. Noted authors who have used this style are Shakespeare, Longfellow and Edgar Allen Poe.