Hermeneutical Interpretation of the Metaphor "Tear" in Georgian Poetry

Abstract

Phenomenological-hermeneutic aspects of understanding metaphor imply the explanation of metaphorical models in the text. Paul Ricoeur's "poetics of the will" holds that a metaphor opens up new perspective to the imagination of ordinary spoken language in literary texts. In national intermediate poetry, the metaphor "tear" assumes an intermediary position between "world" and "country" within the author's contextual meaning using the potential of a unique Georgian poem.
In the 1990s, the well-known Georgian poetess Ela Gochiashvili wrote a poem titled a "Teardrop on the cheek of the world" dedicated to Borena Jachvliani. "Tear" is a metaphor for love in Ela Gochiashvili's verlibre.