Metrical Relations Between Siamanto’s Poetry and Medieval Armenian Verse

Abstract

Siamanto’s poetry is closely connected with the metrical characteristics of medieval poetry. Writing in accordance with the basic structural standards of free verse he connected the poetic meters of Armenian medieval lyrical poetry with various stylistic elements of modern poetry of the start of the century. The article presents poetic meters which were used by both several medieval poets, and Siamanto. The structural changes carried out by Siamanto have also been partly addressed in the present article.