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Serena

World Traditional Verse Forms

The serena is a minor Old Occitan lyric genre. Despite the name, it is not a serenade. Rather, it is a counterpart to the alba. In an alba, the lover laments the coming of the dawn that forces lovers to part. In the serena, the lover complains of the long wait for evening to arrive so he can consummate his love. The genre was invented late in the history of the Occitan lyric by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier, who claimed to have completed his own example in the year 1263, when he was living in Narbonne.

Facts
Place of Origin
Occitania, invented by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier (Narbonne) 1
Defining Trait
The lover complains of the long wait for evening, counterpart to the alba 1
Origin Year
1263 1
Defining Trait
Subject Matter 1
Connections

Form Of Genre

Lyric Poetry, Genres

Subgenre Of

Lyric Poetry, Genres
Source Serena (genre) - Wikipedia
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Originated In

Occitania

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Source Serena (genre) - Wikipedia
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1. Serena (genre) - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The genre was invented late in the history of the Occitan lyric by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier
  • Definition
    In the serena, the lover complains of the long wait for evening to arrive so he can consummate his love.
  • Lead paragraph, defining sentence
    The serena (evening song) is a minor Old Occitan lyric genre.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence giving the year
    The genre was invented late in the history of the Occitan lyric by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier in his song Ad un fin aman fon datz (A true lover once awaited), which he claimed to have completed in the year 1263, when he was living in Narbonne.
  • Subgenre Of: Lyric Poetry, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the parent genre
    The serena (evening song) is a minor Old Occitan lyric genre.
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