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0 posted 2008-10-14 02:52 AM


Provencal poetry is wide-emcompassing and overwhelming. I'm not going into it because it could be very confusing to some. I WILL go into one part of it, though, which is the interaction between two entities in a poem. In such a work, the first line is from one person and the second from another. Serious poetry is fine but comical or satirical poetry seems to work the best for this style. It can be between two people, a man and an animal, a bee and a flower...or any two entities either carrying on a conversation or sharing thoughts.

An example by Aimeric de Pegulhan...

Lady, for you great torment must I bear.
Sir, you are foolish, for I do not care.
Lady, for Heaven's sake to me be kind.
Sir, quite in vain your empty prayers you'll find.
Good lady, I do love you faithfully.
Good sir, I dislike you utterly
Lady,my heart is therefore in distress
Sir, mine is ever light with happiness.

Now I KNOW the great minds of Passions can do better than that!!! Show me



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1 posted 2008-10-14 06:34 AM


Balladeer,
Somehow I just knew it was only a matter of time before you'd have us talking to ourselves.

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2 posted 2008-10-14 08:11 AM


LOL! Actually I did that a while back, poetically, of course.
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4 posted 2008-10-31 01:19 AM


quote:
Serious poetry is fine but comical or satirical poetry seems to work the best for this style.


I haven't ignored this assignment, my dear teacher.  I just can't get myself into the right frame of mind.  I'm pulling the attempts back out to see what I can do.



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