 As in other European literatures, Polish poets often looked to Greek and Roman literature as a model.Jan Kochanowski, the most prominent of a family of poets, wrote lyrical poems, often in imitation of Horace.The classic Polish Sapphic stanza was thus 11(5+6) / 11(5+6) / 11(5+6) / 5, typically rhymed "a a b b".