Charbeyti; the Continuation of Traditional Oral Poems

Tetrastichous is a sort of common oral poetry in the villages of Khorasan، which can be considered the developing form of those three hemistich or tetrastichous of Sassanian''s periods. This paper، by searching different evidences، indicates، that this type of poem in its early stages has been only a syllable، and by emergence of iambic poetry has enjoyed rhythm. By comparing 2000 of written Tetrastichous and variety of recorded cases in the villages of Khorasan، the structure of repeating this type of poem has also been specified that we will point to some of these evidences. Also، we will discuss about the structure of these Tetrastichouses and specify the reason of this oral tradition’s continuity; a tradition that still exists among the rural poets and musicians. At the depth of the discussion، we will discuss indissoluble link of this type of poem with music. In the section of outside form، we will indicate the variation of rhyme in this type of popular poem، and finally، we will point، in the domain of thought and emotion، to the reasons of shaping this type of poem، especially among the villagers and the masses