Womb, water, and earth: the construction of the feminine sign in the poetry of Pedro Casaldáligafeminine, poetic, earthIn this thesis, we develop a study on the identification and analysis of Pedro Casaldáliga's poetics, based on the feminine images constructed throughout the verses that compose his poems. The research, through an investigation of his works, seeks to analyze the process of constructing feminine elements in his poetics, highlighting the different moments in which Casaldáliga writes. Firstly, we highlight the figure of Maria, who represents and gives voice to all women, from the indigenous woman living on the banks of the Araguaia River in the Mato Grosso region, surviving in the face of exploitation by white people, to the marginalized suburban woman in large urban centers. Subsequently, we present the feminine signs that are repeated in his poetics – Water and Earth – understood as symbols of the feminine imaginary rooted in his sensibility. Casaldáliga's writing is characterized by its capacity to problematize and harmonize his experiences, his place, and his people. Beyond Mary as mother and sacred figure, Casaldáliga also, within the feminine realm, exalts the Earth as mother, womb, dwelling place, and space of conflict, its profanation being the fence of the large estate; the Waters as a matrix of life, memory, depth, and continuity. By choosing these elements to compose his poetics, Casaldáliga manages to desacralize poetry, displacing the lyrical subject to a space and time that allows images of his experiences to be resized beyond mere emotions, sensitizing the reader to new reflections. The poet manages to construct a poetic trajectory that expresses diverse meanings, through images permeated with significations, revealing himself as a man committed to society, to his people, and also transforming space (territory) into symbolic experience. Based on several critical-theoretical authors, articulating the studies of Candido (2000), Paz (1998), Bosi (2002) and Bachelard (2000), the thesis understands literature as a historical system, an engaged practice and a space of symbolic construction.