Classification of Contents in Ibn Yamin's Quatrain (Ruba is)

Quatrain is one of the forms of much interest for Farsi- speaking poets. Ibn Yamin Faryumadi, the famous poet and Qat’ah writer of the eighth century, was especially fascinated by this form. His quatrains enjoy a big variety in content; they can be considered among the colorful quatrains of Farsi language. They can be classified into eight groups; each of them highlights a particular aspect of his worldview and poetic creativity. Since the opening of the seventh century, quatrain form went to lose its prosperity and currency; hence, the variety in content and subtle points of Ibn Yamin’s quatrains drew attentions to this form again. The quatrain form provided opportunity for the themes and contents, already dealt with by the poet in detail in his Qat’ahs, to be expressed briefly in another form.