An "Interlocking Rubáiyát" is a Rubáiyát where the subsequent stanza rhymes its 1st, 2nd, and 4th lines with the sound at the end of the 3rd line in the stanza (Rubá'íyah) before it. In this form, the 3rd line of the final stanza is also rhymed with the 3 rhymed lines in the first stanza.
This leads to a form like this example with three stanzas; note that the Rubáiyát" is allowed an unlimited number of stanzas, so extend the pattern as needed:
a
a - 2nd line rhymes with the first.
b
a - 4th line rhymes with the first and second.
b - 1st line rhymes with the third in the previous stanza.
b - 2nd line rhymes with the first.
c
b - 4th line rhymes with the first and second.
c - 1st line rhymes with the third in the previous stanza.
c - 2nd line rhymes with the first.
a - 3rd line rhymes with the first in the opening stanza.
c - 4th line rhymes with the first and second.
Reference: http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/rubaiyat.htm
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