Rubaʿi Rubaʿi Rubāʿī (from "rubāʿiyy", plural "rubāʿiyāt") is the term for a quatrain, a poem or a verse of a poem consisting of four lines. It refers specifically to a form of Persian poetry, or its derivative form in English and other languages In classical Persian poetry, the "ruba'i" is written as a four-line (or two-couplet) poem, with a rhyme-scheme AABA or AAAA. This is an example of a "ruba'i" from Rūmī's Dīwān-i Shams": The usual metre of a Persian "ruba'i", which is used for all four lines of the above quatrain by Rumi, is as follows: In the above scheme,
A Swag of Aussie Poetry A Swag of Aussie Poetry A Swag of Aussie Poetry, originally Out of the Bluegums (150 Years of Australian Verse), is a mid-1980s recording project with celebrity voices reciting or singing Australian poetry. The compilation consists of 53 works of prose and verse from writers across Australia’s literary landscape, and features 31 narrators delivering a mix of folk ballads and bush poetry from the 1800s through to 20th century prose, and lyrical songs reflecting on life in their country. It was released originally as a double album and a double cassette on J&B Records in 1984 with 50 tracks. The