I picked the second poem by the Troubadour to write about.  The language of this poem is interesting because while it includes good imagery, it is very repetitive, and has a tone that I am not sure how to decipher.  The writer uses many visuals to express his feelings.  He touches upon aspects that many people can relate to.  He uses nature a lot to describe his own feelings, what an encounter with this love would be like, and his love itself.  He also talks about God a lot in the poem.  God is an idea which people of any monotheistic faith can understand.  The language he uses about God and what he says about God (i.e. "God, who made everything that comes and goes, and formed this love far away") are all common ideas of the monotheistic faiths.  The writer repeats "this love far away" and just "far away" so many times throughout the whole poem.  I guess he is trying to go for an effect, but for me it was just annoying.  The tone is another aspect that I did not like because I feel as though the poem starts happy then ends sadly and desperately.  The writer does not know if he will ever see this love at first, but he sounds hopeful.  By the end of the poem he's saying he will only "love and not be loved" and he is "doomed to be unloved."

I picked the first poem by the Trobairitz.  I immediately liked this poem.  It was happy and uplifting, unlike the male's poem.  It speaks about how to love, and how the writer is satisfied with her own love.  She talks a lot about trust and loyalty.  She wants to make a point that she is loyal and will never betray her man.  She also talks a lot about the wonderful qualities of her mate, and points out that these are things a girl should consider when falling for someone.  At the end I am a bit confused because she talks about being betrayed and asks for protection, which I am guessing is protection against betrayal.  Maybe her man has all these other wonderful qualities, but he is not faithful?  Maybe someone led him to believe she had betrayed him?