Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, known for his epic poems.
Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, known for his epic poems.
Although Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco is regarded as one of greatest Portuguese poets, very little is known about his personal life. He was born around 1570 and died around 1619. [1] He studied law at the University of Coimbra. [2] He wrote both lyrical poetry and epic poems. [3]
Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo wrote some short poems, for example sonnets, [4] but is known for long poems. He is regarded as an important successor of Luis de Camões. [5] [6] [7] His first big work is Discurso sobre a Vida e Morte de Santa Isabel Rainha de Portugal [8] which was published in Lisbon 1596 under the title Discurso sobre a Vida e Morte de Santa Isabel Rainha de Portugal e Outras Várias Rimas. [9] The work that is always connected with the name of Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo is a long epic poem Afonso Africano that was published in 1611. It narrates about Portuguese military expedition to Morocco led by king Afonso V who was later called the African for his great deeds. This war was seen and described as a modern crusade. [10]
Both mentioned poems are written in ottava rima, a stanza of eight lines with rhyme scheme abababcc [11] (in Portuguese oitava-rima). [12]
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