Abstract This article, we delineate the relationship between nonsense, opposition and paradox in selected excerpts of the works of Edward Lear (1812-1888) and Qorpo Santo (1829-1883), considering nonsense and paradox in the light of the theories proposed mainly by Gilles Deleuze (2015) and Charles Ogden (1932) and secondarily by Jean Jacques Lecercle (1994), Wim Tigges (1988) and Ferdinand Saussure (1916). This article seeks to understand the relationship between sense and nonsense in relation to the way these theorists articulate the productive tension that exists between other kinds of binary relationships. Research carried out about the relationship between nonsense theories and the binary opposites delineated by pairs and more precisely about Edward Lear and Qorpo Santo has been extremely scarce, and this article seeks to contribute to the related literary scholarship.

RESUMOO estudo pretende destacar a maneira como a palavra poética pode ser uma forte aliada para a diversidade do saber na busca de novas formas de ver, entender e interpretar o homem e o mundo. No artigo, nosso propósito é articular recortes teóricos e textos ou fragmentos poéticos que despertem, prioritariamente, para a experiência da língua, como organismo vivo em permanente transformação, e da literatura como espaço desautomatizador da percepção e do conhecimento.

ABSTRACTThis study aims at highlighting how the poetic word can be a strong ally for the diversity of knowledge in its search for new ways of seeing, understanding and interpreting humankind and the world. In the article, our goal is to articulate theoretical approaches with texts or poetic fragments that, as a priority, give rise to the experience of language as a constantly evolving living organism, and of literature as space for non-automatic perception and knowledge.