Troubadours, Trobairitz

The poems in the Troubadors and Trobairitz have some similarities and some differences. in the Countess of dia the theme seems to be men are evil. this is interesting seeing as the author of this poem is a woman. Another reason why this is so interesting is because a lot of the other things we read had an opposite theme of women are evil and deceitful. in this poem she ensues that her love has cheated on her with another woman. She also goes on to say that her "heart is not the straying kind". she emphasizes that she is faithful and trustworthy. I think she is saying that women are trustworthy contrary to what people think. the fact that she says this multiple times emphasizes this idea. this poem is not very romantic seems to be more of a vengeful type of poem. which is very different than the Jaufre rudel poem. this poem is very romantic. the theme of this poem seems to be lust, undying love and possibly distance makes the heart grow fonder. the author of this poem is saying that the distance is killing him inside but he rather weep for the one he loves than not love at all. All the pain and suffering is worth the love he feel for this woman who is so far away. He also says he only has love for this one woman and no on else. This is a contrast to the other poem because the author of the Countess of dia says men are not faithful, but this author is saying otherwise. at the end of this poem he says "I must love and not be love". this suggests that the woman is not returning the same feeling. This lends to the theme of love hurts and you can not pick who you love. The tone of these two poems are very different. while the themes are somewhat similar.