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What happens when a poet turns desire, wounded pride, and polite society into targets for laughter?
In Erotic, Burlesque, and Satirical Poems, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage brings his sharp tongue to bodies, lovers, pompous figures, and literary enemies. This collection gathers erotic verse, burlesque, and satire: poetry that speaks openly where polite verse looks away, and finds laughter in appetites it prefers to hide.
Bocage is known for tender sonnets, but here you meet the poet whose frankness shocks polite society. His poems pass from hand to hand before they can appear openly in print. Literary quarrels sharpen the attack, including his feud with José Agostinho de Macedo, a priest and writer who answers him in kind.
What you’ll discover
- Desire without polite disguises Meet lovers and bodily appetites in poems that trade coyness for wit and frankness.
- Solemn poetry turned upside down Discover burlesque that brings lofty subjects low and gives humble things a grand treatment.
- Rivals caught in rhyme Follow a sharp literary tongue as Bocage takes aim at fellow poets and fools.
- Laughter at the pompous Enjoy mockery that punctures dignity and makes self-important figures the butt of the joke.
- Beyond the tender sonnet Explore the bawdy, combative side of a Portuguese poet remembered for his sonnets.
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This is for readers who enjoy wit, rude humour and literary feuds, and for anyone curious about Portuguese poetry beyond the polite sonnet. It may suit you less if frank sexual language offends you.
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- A restless poet in a strict Lisbon
- Desire is treated with wit and frankness
- Burlesque turns solemn things upside down
- Satire is a weapon aimed at rivals and fools
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Poesie erotiche, burlesche e satiriche
by Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage· 1854
Poems mock sexual desire, social pretensions, and literary rivals.
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A restless poet in a strict Lisbon
Bocage was born in Setúbal, a port town south of Lisbon, in 1765. He trained for a career in the navy and army, but he was never a calm, obedient man. He travelled far from home, to Portuguese lands in the East, and came back to Lisbon with a reputation for brilliant talk and a poor talent for keeping out of trouble.
He joined a literary society called the New Arcadia, where members took pastoral names. His was Elmano Sadino, a name that recalls the river of his home region. In that circle poets wrote graceful, classical verse about shepherds and nature. Bocage could write that way very well, but he soon grew bored with its limits.
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Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
1765–1805 · Portuguese poet
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805) was a Portuguese poet. He was born in Setúbal and died in Lisbon. He served in the Portuguese navy and spent time in India and Macau. He wrote lyric and satirical poetry. The first volume of his Rimas appeared in 1791.
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Who was Bocage?
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese poet born in Setúbal in 1765 who died in Lisbon in 1805. He is known for his sonnets, his improvised verse, and his bold satirical and erotic poems.
What are Bocage's erotic poems about?
They speak openly and humorously about desire, lovers and the body. Bocage often uses strict classical forms like the sonnet, which makes the frank content more comic and surprising.
What does burlesque poetry mean?
Burlesque poetry treats noble subjects in a silly or low way, or common subjects in a grand style. Bocage used it to mock stiff, fashionable poetry and to make his readers laugh.
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