The new poetry of Ana Luísa Amaral and Paulo Henriques Britto

Abstract

This article intends to analyse and interpret the poem “O excesso mais perfeito”, by Portuguese author Ana Luísa Amaral, and the poems “Sonetilho de verão”, “Pomo (de Mínima lírica)” and “Ontologia sumaríssima”, by Brazilian author Paulo Henriques Britto, both of them important poets in the current literary scene of their respective countries. It suggests a reflection on the poetics of the two lusophone artists, based on meta and intertextual dialogue. Strictly, it is intended, in a meta-poetic perspective, to understand the dialogue promoted by these poems, resulting in the production of the new poetry of Ana Luísa Amaral and Paulo Henriques Britto.