Write a comparative analysis of Jaufre Rudel`s `A Love Afar` and Bernart de Ventadorn`s `The Skylark`

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It is unlikely , in this day and age , that one could be privy to likes of troubadours , as recounted in the works of Jaufre Rudel and Bernart de Ventadorn . Their works , A Love Afar and The Skylark , are similar in that they both speak of a love that for one reason or another has been unreachable to them . Rudel , in A Love Afar , is pining for a woman he has

never met , nor even seen , but has an attraction for based on the information he has been given by other pilgrims

My pilgrim 's staff and cloak might shine ' Rudel professes to worship this love from afar , They call to mind my love afar ' His work follows the path of courtly love , which is typical of the medieval era . Rudel declares his devotion to his love , Gladly I 'd lie at her command , a captive in a Moorish land ' Also typical of medieval courting , Rudel speaks of physical manifestations of the love that he seeks afar , My curse fall on that godsire 's heart , who 's cursed me so my love runs ill

The tenor of Bernart de Ventadorn 's work , The Skylark , lacks the hope that is present in Rudel 's writing . The Skylark , is the writing of a man who is daunted by the love that he has lost . Alas , I thought I 'd grown so wise in love I had so much to learn : I can 't control this heart that flies to here who pays no love return ' Where Rudel felt that he had been blessed by love , even promised love by God , Ventadorn has been cursed by a love that has stolen the very life from him Losing control , I 've lost all right to rule my life .deep in despair ' Ventadorn presents no benefit from the love he seeks or sought , whereas Rudel sees benefit even if he should die in the end Ventadorn has been scorned by love . I 'll place no trust in women though I did before I 've been there champion so it 's just that I renounce them evermore

Rudel has found such promise in love . That man speaks true who 'd say I burn for naught else but my love afar now for no other end I yearn only to know my love afar . Ventadorn , however , has lost all faith in women , love , and music . Ay ! Now I fall in deep disgrace , a fool upon love 's bridge am I No one know how that could take place , unless I dared to climb too high . Ventadorn places women on a pedestal , but perhaps realized he had done so unjustly . Ventadorn 's writing also suggests an adulterous nature , Wrongful it seems , now , in my view , to see a creature love 's betrayed , who 'd seek no other good but you , then let him die without your aid ' Ventadorn is so distraught...