For a ritualistic and alchemical poetics (myth) in Metal Rosicler, by Cecília Meireles

Abstract

This work aims aims to investigate Cecília Meireles' use of symbolic language, describing the way in which the poet concretely rescues the collections of mythopoetry and ritualistic and alchemical images in the book of poems Metal Rosicler (1960), in arder to elaborate a poetic and symbolic language. The lyrical self dialogues with various instances of human existence, using water as one of the main natural elements to explore her spiritual and existential journey. Water, which in alchemy is associated with solutio (process of dissolution or solution), emerges as a fundamental symbol in the process of transformation of the being, being essential both in the formation of life and in the construction of the narrator's poetics. Meireles triggers memories that transcend the individual plane, reaching a collective and historical dimension, evidencing the interdependence between personal memory and the social context. Thus, authors such as Darcy Damasceno (1973), Leila Gouvêa (2008), Carl Jung (1971), among others, are used.