The Novice (poem)

The Novice ("Mtsyri", Мцыри in Russian, distortion of Georgian მწირი /mts'iri/) is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov written in 1839 and first published in 1840, hailed as "one of the last examples of the classic Russian romantic poetry," according to the Lermontov Encyclopedia.

The Novice (poem)

The Novice ("Mtsyri", Мцыри in Russian, distortion of Georgian მწირი /mts'iri/) is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov written in 1839 and first published in 1840, hailed as "one of the last examples of the classic Russian romantic poetry," according to the Lermontov Encyclopedia.