Quatrain Quatrain A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Ancient India, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China, and continues into the 21st century, where it is seen in works published in many languages. During Europe's Dark Ages, in the Middle East and especially Iran, polymath poets such as Omar Khayyam continued to popularize this form of poetry, also known as Ruba'i, well beyond their borders and time. Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) used the
Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry życia i zdrowia J. K. Mości" ("Annual song for the day of rescuing life and health of His Majesty, the King"). He also employed it in the poem "Piesek" ("A little dog"). Franciszek Karpiński made use of the analysed form in "Psalm 8. O wielkości Boga" ("Psalm 8. On God's grandeur"). He repeated it in the "Psalmu 64 część. O opatrzności" ("Part of Psalm 64. On Providence") and in the poem "Pieśń do świętych Polaków, patronów Polski" ("Hymn to the holy Poles, patrons of Poland"). Another poet, Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin used Sappho's stanza very frequently. Another example of Sapphic stanza