João Cabral de Melo Neto
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Melo Neto's works are noted for the rigorous, yet inventive attention they pay to the formal aspects of poetry. He derives his characteristic sound from a traditional verse of five or seven syllables (called ‘’redondilha’’) and from the constant use of oblique rhymes. His style ranges from the surrealist tendency which marked his early poetry to the use of regional elements of his native northeastern Brazil. In many works, including the famed auto ''Morte e Vida Severina'', Melo Neto's addresses the life of those affected by the poverty and inequality in Pernambuco. Provided by Wikipedia