Generino and Augusto

Abstract

The proposed work aims to analyze the similarities in the poetic works of Generino dos Santos and Augusto dos Anjos, who were uncle and nephew. One of the noteworthy characteristics is the use of decasyllabic verses with two words, a rarity in the Portuguese poetic tradition, which appears in both poets. From there, we will examine the use of verse construction techniques in both, such as the use of crasis, synaeresis, elision, and synalepha, compared to their contemporary poets. The goal is to determine the extent to which they deviate from or adhere to the versification habits of their time, as well as discuss the possibility of one influencing the other. All this discussion is based on the literary and intellectual context of the time, specifically at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, meaning the argumentation is rooted in and integrated into Literary History.