Moon over Mtatsminda

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"Moon over Mtatsminda" is a celebrated lyrical poem by Georgian modernist poet Galaktion Tabidze, renowned for its melancholic imagery and symbolic portrayal of Tbilisi’s Mtatsminda hill.

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instanceOf lyrical poem
poem
associatedPlace Mtatsminda Pantheon
surface form: Mtatsminda Pantheon area
associatedWith Galaktion Tabidze’s image as a “poet of the city and night”
author Galaktion Tabidze
belongsToTradition Georgian urban poetry
symbolist lyric tradition
countryOfOrigin Georgia
culturalSignificance celebrated work in Georgian literature
frequently studied in Georgian schools and universities
depicts contrast between hill and city below
nighttime Tbilisi
genre lyric poetry
hasAdaptation musical settings
recitations in Georgian theatre and radio
hasMood contemplative
somber
hasPerspective first-person lyrical voice
hasPublicationForm anthologized in collections of Galaktion Tabidze
print
hasSymbol Mount Mtatsminda
surface form: Mtatsminda hill

city lights
moon
hasTheme loneliness
melancholy
memory
night
symbolism of the moon
urban landscape
influenced later Georgian lyric poets
influencedBy European modernist poetry
languageScript Georgian script
literaryMovement modernism
literaryStyle lyrical introspection
melancholic tone
symbolist imagery
notableFor evocative depiction of Tbilisi at night
melancholic imagery
symbolic portrayal of Mtatsminda
originalLanguage Georgian
partOf Georgian modernist poetry canon
setting Mount Mtatsminda
surface form: Mtatsminda hill

Tbilisi
workPeriod 20th century

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Galaktion Tabidze notableWork Moon over Mtatsminda