Russian Silver-Age Galliambic Verse:Form and Meaning

The article surveys the four known Russian examples of Galliambic verse – a syllabo-tonic counterpart of the Latin metre associated with the cult of Cybele, as in Catullus’ Attis: works by Vyacheslav Ivanov, Maximilian Voloshin, Nikolai Gumilev, and Georgij Adamovich – analyzing how metre, rhythm, and meaning interact in the rarest of Silver Age verse forms.

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Studia Metrica et Poetica
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2025-10-25
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https://doi.org/10.12697/smp.2025.12.1.02
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European Linguistics and Anthropology
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Russian Silver-Age Galliambic Verse:Form and Meaning

Andrei Dobritsyn
Studia Metrica et Poetica
European Linguistics and Anthropology
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Russian Silver-Age Galliambic Verse:Form and Meaning

Andrei Dobritsyn
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The article surveys the four known Russian examples of Galliambic verse – a syllabo-tonic counterpart of the Latin metre associated with the cult of Cybele, as in Catullus’ Attis: works by Vyacheslav Ivanov, Maximilian Voloshin, Nikolai Gumilev, and Georgij Adamovich – analyzing how metre, rhythm, and meaning interact in the rarest of Silver Age verse forms.

Studia Metrica et PoeticaVol. 12(1)
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (RO)
Openalex Percentile: Top 60%
European Linguistics and Anthropology
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