Rhythms and Deviations, Sounds and Meanings

Considerations on the Poetry of Edimilson de Almeida Pereira

Abstract

The connections between music and poetry have been and still are the subject of countless analyses and studies, but it does not seem possible to fully grasp the associations between these two artistic expressions, since their respective constitutions are originally intertwined. In recent years, some theorists, such as Hans Gumbrecht, have focused on issues related to this field, tensioning concepts such as rhythm and presence, which has contributed to expanded possibilities of reading and receiving poetry. The aim of this article is, based on these considerations, to analyze some poems by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira, an author who has worked on issues related to sound and rhythmic effects, seeking to understand how these effects act in terms of meaning and how the procedures related to these effects operate in a fundamental way in the poet's work.