“I listened to the confidences of shadow”: the elegy in the poetry of Jorge Gomes Miranda

Abstract

Analysis of the elegy in the poetry of the contemporary Portuguese poet Jorge Gomes Miranda, with emphasis on the dialogues that this poetry sets with the various moments of the history of elegy, from its origins in Ancient Greece to the contemporaneity. The elegy is understood not only as a discourse lamenting a loss, but as an active discourse motivated by an ideal of man and society.

Keywords

• Jorge Gomes Miranda
• elegia
• poesia portuguesa contemporânea.