[5] There were few records detailing her early life but some of da Cunha's works indicated that she obtained some form of formal education based on a poem she dedicated to Pedro I in 1826.

[11] The discovery of da Cunha's archival works had been prompted by the recent interest in feminist criticism and Gaucho literature.

[9] Death and romance, for example, are prominent in the following excerpt of her work:[9]O meu bem na despedida Nem um só ai pode dar; Apertou-me a mão no peito,

E depois pôs-se a chorar.da Cunha also wrote in defense of the monarchy and attacked the Farroupilha Revolution or the Ragamuffin Revolt of Rio Grande do Sul in her works.

[14] Due to her political position, she moved to Rio de Janeiro when the conflict broke out in 1835 and stayed there for ten years.