Do-baytī (which, however, is very close to standard Persian). An example of one of his poems is the following: Do-baytī Do-bayti () (literally "two-couplet"), also known as "fahlaviyat", is an ancient form of Persian poetry. It is used to describe a Persian quatrain (a stanza or poem of four lines), similar to Ruba'i but different in meter. A "do-bayti" has four half-lines of 11 syllables each, and usually uses the "hazaj" meter: The first two syllables may sometimes be replaced by – u or – –. The rhyme scheme is "a a a a" or "a a b a". A well-known
Burns stanza Burns stanza The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who used it in some fifty poems. It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie, after the piper Habbie Simpson (1550–1620). It is also sometimes known as the Scottish stanza or six-line stave. It is found in Middle English in the Romance of Octovian (Octavian). It was also found in mediaeval Provençal poems and miracle plays from the Middle Ages. The first notable poem written in this stanza was the "Lament for