Vinicius de Moraes: the poet who has lived for 110 years of poetry and music in the hearts of children

Abstract

The present study was carried out in celebration of the 110th birthday that the poet and diplomat Vinicius de Moraes would complete in 2023. It seeks to reflect the impacts proposed by the poetry and music of Vinicius de Moraes on students of a 2nd year class of the Initial Years of Elementary School of a public school in the semi-arid region of Bahia, during the research process and supervised internship. To this end, it is anchored in the qualitative approach, from the perspective of analysis of educational phenomena (Pádua, 2016). The present research used the focus group (Gatti, 2005) as a means to enable scientific production from the children's point of view. The research and internship activities are the result of an interdisciplinary work that had as its starting point the book A arca de Noé (Noah’s Ark) by Moraes (2002). Thus, there is a concise biography of Vinicius de Moraes from the perspective of the children and their learning in the daily life of the internship management. Following the invitation of Vinicius de Moraes (1991) to live in a world of poetry and music, reflections are made on the concept of poetry according to the collaborators. Finally, it is understood that the poems of Vinicius de Moraes (2002) represent an effective tool to awaken in children the enchantment of the written word. With accessible themes and an inviting musicality, his poems facilitate identification and promote a pleasurable relationship with reading. In this way, Moraes' poetry transforms the written word into an aesthetic experience, favoring the maturation of an affective bond with the literary genre.