The sirventes or serventes, sometimes translated as 'service song', was a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry practiced by the troubadours.
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Place of OriginOccitania, among the troubadours 1 Notable ExampleBen grans avoleza intra by Bertran de Born 1 Defining TraitParody borrowing the melody, meter and rhymes of a known piece to address a controversial subject 1 Defining Trait Connections
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Introduction
a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry practiced by the troubadours.
Examples
Ben grans avoleza intra by Bertran de Born; this is built on the structure of Arnaut Daniel's famous sestina, Lo ferm voler qu'el cor m'intra.
Form
Sirventes usually (possibly, always) took the form of parodies, borrowing the melody, metrical structure and often even the rhymes of a well-known piece to address a controversial subject, often a current event.
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The sirventes or serventes (Old Occitan: [siɾvenˈtes]), sometimes translated as 'service song', was a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry practiced by the troubadours.
Subgenre Of: Lyric Poetry, Lead paragraph
was a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry
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