his work has been described as providing 'interesting elements for a reflection on the cultural training of (brazilian) poets,'and been defined within the categories of poesia marginal, or 'marginal poetry' in english, which refers to brazilian poetry that was produced immediately after tropicália in the 1970s, as a covert and necessary response to the censorship and oppressiveness of the military regime.

azevedo's work forms a part of the first surge of brazilian poets to emerge after the democratization of brazil. his work also makes links to the concrete poetry movement, which has strong roots in brazil and refers to poetry that considers the visual elements of words as much as their meaning. azevedo's poetry is often likened to brazilian poet and diplomat joão cabral de melo neto.