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Stanza 1
o Ventadorn
sings a song as requested by his lord. However, he’s
lost his motivation. He can’t seem to explain why—love has
not mistreated him, yet he feels how he’d feel if it had.
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Stanza 2
o He
elaborates on his situation of love. He’s blessed to love a lady
who loves him back (not too common in Verses of the Troubadour)
o However
the theme of distance resurfaces
§
He can’t tell of her well-being
but he “dares not go there”
·
Wherever ‘there’
is, is not where he is (distance)
§
He is preoccupied with concerns for her
well-being from afar
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Stanza 3
o She
preoccupies his thoughts so completely, that he wouldn’t
hear men yelling to him while she’s on his mind
o She
has such a hold on him
§
Physically he may be one place, but his heart,
his mind is elsewhere (with her)
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Stanza 4
o Ventadorn
is unsure how he should handle their situation
o The
‘griefs’ (pain of being apart)
will continue unless she welcomes him to be with her (in her home?)
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Stanza 5
o These
difficulties (the distance) won’t deter him from loving
her
o Their
love is a gift from God which he accepted
o When
his gift dissolves, (when he no longer has her love) he’ll
suffer
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Stanza 6
o He
appreciates her love and vows he loves her more than all past loves
o He
yields to her
§
like Catullus, he takes a passive role in their
love
§
He asks her to give him a glance, like Catullus
asks Lesbia for a kiss
§
She has the active role in their relationship
here
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Stanza 7
o Asking
God to give him presence of heart and mind (maybe because his love for her
leaves him in the opposite affect)
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Stanza 8
o Magnet
§
Maybe his love?
§
God will find something/someone else to keep him
company as a replacement for Magnet because she stays with Ventadorn. God can’t
have her.
·
Elevating Magnet to divine status (she was with God)
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