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
Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry The Sapphic stanza is the only stanzaic form adapted from Greek and Latin poetry to be used widely in Polish literature. It was introduced during the Renaissance, and since has been used frequently by many prominent poets. The importance of the Sapphic stanza for Polish literature lies not only in its frequent use, but also in the fact that it formed the basis of many new strophes, built up of hendecasyllables (11-syllable lines) and pentasyllables (5-syllable lines). The stanza comes from classical Greece, but it was the Romans, especially Horace, who provided the chief models