Two grim objects: a reading of Alphonsus de Guimaraens

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse the book Kiriale, written by the poet Alphonsus de Guimaraens. The poems specially focused are “A cabeça de Corvo” and “O Cachimbo”. The book is also studied by its structural features and by the conception of poetry that it presupposes. In spite of the fact that it is not the most elaborated work written by Guimaraens, Kiriale shows a kind of thematic and formal organization that includes the book in the scope of literary reflections from that period, in special for taking literary works as racionally structured buildings. The paper is also concerned with some evidences of a particular poetical project that could be extended to the whole work left by Guimaraens. At last, some comments are made on the strained and problematic features of Guimaraens’ lyric poetry.