The partimen is a cognate form of the French jeu-parti. It is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours, a subgenre of the tenso or cobla exchange in which one poet presents a dilemma in the form of a question and the two debate the answer, each taking up a different side. Of the nearly 200 surviving Occitan debate songs, 120 are partimens and 75 are open tensos. The partimen was especially popular in poetic contests.
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Place of OriginSource names the partimen as a genre of Occitan lyric poetry; Occitania is inferred from the language and no place of origin is stated. Defining TraitSubgenre of the tenso in which one poet presents a dilemma as a question and the two debate the answer, each taking a different side 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Partimen
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a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours
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one poet presents a dilemma in the form of a question and the two debate the answer, each taking up a different side
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