Georgy Shengeli as a verse master and as a verse explorer
... non-classical metrics. Less attention has been paid to Shengeli’s own poetic experiments, which have remained in the shadow of his work in verse theory, translation and publishing. This study analyses, against the backdrop of Shengeli’s concept of ‘leimic verse’, his experiments in the domain of tonic metrics, including numerous examples of classical dolnik, derivatives of antique logaoedic verse, and rarer types of dolnik on disyllabic base. Shengeli’s corpus of tonic verse demonstrates an affinity ...
