An Introduction to Old Provençal VersificationThe major portion of this study is devoted to the lyric poems of the 12th & 13th century which constitute Southern France's greatest contribution to world literature. Nevertheless, chronology requires that this study begins by glancing briefly at two narrative pieces, the oldest Provencal poems of which we have any knowledge. Contents: The Earliest Provencal Verse: "Boeci," & the "Chanson de Sainte Foy"; Guilhem VII, Comte de Peitieu (or Peiteus); Marcabru; Marcabru's Contemporaries; "Trobar clus"; "Trobar leu"; The Generation of '80; Thematic Genres in the 13th Century; Genres Based on Form; Non-lyric Genres; & Bibliography. |
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Page 135
... respos ; e qecs es gardaire d'amdos— 8 Quoted from Appel , Chrestomathie , p . 112 , because in my opinion Mouzat emends the single manuscript too frequently ; I did , however , adopt his emendation on for un ( which would have been ...
... respos ; e qecs es gardaire d'amdos— 8 Quoted from Appel , Chrestomathie , p . 112 , because in my opinion Mouzat emends the single manuscript too frequently ; I did , however , adopt his emendation on for un ( which would have been ...
Page 218
... respos ( usually translated ' ref three stanzas , the final portions of which follow the pattern and rime - sounds of the respos ; the tornad follow the same pattern . The first part of each the same meters and rime - scheme as the corr ...
... respos ( usually translated ' ref three stanzas , the final portions of which follow the pattern and rime - sounds of the respos ; the tornad follow the same pattern . The first part of each the same meters and rime - scheme as the corr ...
Page 219
... respos , but the internal rimes do not . These internal rimes do however match one of the end - rimes of the stanza in which they occur , as follows : ( Respos ) Na Ses Merce , pos mal mi ve ( Cobla I ) e per que m'etz tan cara , del ...
... respos , but the internal rimes do not . These internal rimes do however match one of the end - rimes of the stanza in which they occur , as follows : ( Respos ) Na Ses Merce , pos mal mi ve ( Cobla I ) e per que m'etz tan cara , del ...
Page 220
... respos and the tornada : the unstres of vostre , and the non - final vowel of the name Ber The same system of matching internal and en found also in Ges ancara ( 244,3 ) and ( if one admi of two thirteen - syllable verses ) in Si no · m ...
... respos and the tornada : the unstres of vostre , and the non - final vowel of the name Ber The same system of matching internal and en found also in Ges ancara ( 244,3 ) and ( if one admi of two thirteen - syllable verses ) in Si no · m ...
Page 221
... respos and stanzas is entirely clear . The poem by Cerveri de Girona ( 434,14a ) which begins . as follows , links two genres by explicitly naming itself a sirventes - dansa : ( 7 ' , 3 , 7 ' , 3 : ança , an ) ( 7 , 7 : es ) ( 7 ' , 3 ...
... respos and stanzas is entirely clear . The poem by Cerveri de Girona ( 434,14a ) which begins . as follows , links two genres by explicitly naming itself a sirventes - dansa : ( 7 ' , 3 , 7 ' , 3 : ança , an ) ( 7 , 7 : es ) ( 7 ' , 3 ...
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Aldric amor Arnaut balada Bel m'es Bernart Bernart de Ventadorn Bertran Boeci canso Cercamon Cerveri cesura chan chansoneta chansons de geste chantar chapter coblas coblas doblas coblas singulars coblas unissonans Companho compositions contrafacta Count of Poitou d'amor dansa decasyllables descort Dieu edition epic cesura feminine heptasyllables feminine rimes flors Frank French Gaucelm genre Giraut de Bornelh gran heterometric imitation internal rimes isometric Jeanroy joglar laisses lines lyric m'en manuscript Marcabru Marti masculine and feminine masculine octosyllables meter metrical motz Old Provençal paroxytonic pastorela pattern Peire Cardenal pieces poems poésie poet poet's pretz Provençal versification qu'ieu quan quar que·l quoted Raimbaut Raimon refrain respos retroencha rime-scheme rime-sounds rims estramps Riquer sirventes song stanza structure syllables synalepha temps tenso tornada totz trobar clus troubadour tune unstressed Ventadorn verses vida vowel vuoill word-refrain words
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