Metaphoetic elements of poem “Ave inquieta” by Afonso Duarte

Abstract

The objective of this article is to identify any of theoretical principles which guided the poetical work of Portuguese poet Afonso Duarte. For that, we will study one of his metapoems, the “Ave Inquieta”, from of the ideas of Aristotle, Horace, Longinus and other theoreticians about the concision and imitation. Therefore, we divided our article into two sections. In the first, using this theoretical background, we try to define the concept of concision, discussing their importance. In the second, we analyze the question of the appreciation of brevity, the role of poetry, of poet and prominence of the love theme from the idea of imitation of nature.