Shairi
Shairi
one of the basic meters of Georgian poetry, the classic examples of which are found in Sh. Rustaveli’s narrative poem The Man in the Panther’s Skin. In Old Georgian literature the term shairi had the broader meaning of “verse” or “poetry.” Early examples of shairi were preserved in mythological and ritual folk poetry.
REFERENCES
Marr, N. Ia. Kavkazskaia poeziia i ee tekhnicheskie osnovy: Lit. razyskaniia, vol. 3. Tbilisi, 1947.Bardavelize, J. “K‘art‘uli xalxuri lek‘sis sazomebi.” In the collection K‘art‘uli p‘olklori, vol. 2. Tbilisi, 1964.