noun
- a collection of quatrains (four-line poems), especially those attributed to Omar Khayyam
Usage: literary
Examples
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is one of the most famous collections of Persian poetry.
- She memorized several verses from the rubaiyat for her literature class.
- The translator’s version of the rubaiyat captured the mystical quality of the original.
- Each stanza in the rubaiyat follows the traditional four-line structure.
- The rubaiyat explores themes of love, mortality, and the fleeting nature of life.
- Students analyzed the symbolism in various rubaiyat during their poetry unit.