In addition to "court love", troubadour songs also cover a wide range of themes, including society, politics, morality, literature, war, religion, nature and many other aspects. The main forms of songs are roughly It can be divided into the following categories: Canso (Canso) is love poetry. Since nobles and princes pursue "chivalry", most of them have this theme. Morning song (Alba) is also a kind of love song, which mainly expresses the feelings of lovers who have to break up in the early morning. emotion. Pastorelle mainly expresses the love between the knight and the shepherdess, and some even develop into a small musical with characters. Tenso is a conversational song in which two or more troubadours discuss a wide range of topics such as love, politics, religion, and literature. Sirventese is a song that satirizes social issues and political current events. Planh is a mourning song associated with the funeral of a bard's patron or other important person.
Chanson de Geste (Chanson de Geste) is an epic poem describing the achievements of national heroes in history. It is also one of the earliest secular song genres