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This article examines one of the most significant properties of Manoel de Barros's poetic construction in Arranjos para assobio, namely, the re-signification of the symbolism of nature and of its animal kingdom which is sought in the bestiary medieval tradition. The article demonstrates through a comparative analysis that exist similarities between images and figuralities of Manoel de Barros' poetry and the medieval bestiary which approach them in terms of vision and understanding of the World: the understanding that the wholeness of existence lies in the fragmentation of things and in the harmonies of their unusual approximations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]