Troubadour: 26

At the beginning of this poem, it is implied people in love are like larks.They rise up and fly free away from reality and into a high. This image to the speaker makes him sick because he knows he will never fly freely like the others who love and are loved in return. I found it amusing how the speaker of this poem felt  like he had lost his manhood to a woman if she leaves him heart broken. The idea of this makes me feel more empowered as a woman. Most men are known to  rarely express their emotional feelings because they assume they are less of a man if they did. Though in this poem, the man can't express enough how much pain he suffers emotionally. It was so depressingly beautiful that I couldn't decide if I thought I should have pity for this man or find him pathetic. Since his efforts to regain his woman's love back, he turns cold against her as well as himself. He finds no reason to live in life anymore. Love does not always end in happiness, but in jealousy, hatred and despair.

Trobairitz:Countess of Dia

I saw this poem to express the consequences of being naive and in love. In part I of the poem the speaker is extremely enthused about life and love and believes that everything is perfect, especially her man. She congratulates herself for picking a man who is "noble..generous, upright, and wise" ,but in part II it is shown that she must of been blinded by love because all of his qualities she thought he had now vanished. This poem becomes dark and represents that over time love fades and eventually might even be lost forever. Overtime the man treats his woman as if she is invisible because he still is "noble, generous, upright and wise" , but only to the people who he does not have absolute control over. I think too many women do not stand up in a relationship they do not deserve. We all dream about the perfect woman or man, but many times we make the wrong mistake because we are so overwhelmed by what we first see rather than what we really know.
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