It's highly personal and centers around her feelings. There are no names mention, only "you" and "I". Sensuous, strictly speaking, refers to appeasing the sense, so writing sensuously means the writer appeals to the senses of the reader. Labe mentions not only her inner feelings, but also appeals to the sense of touch (heat and cold, as well as body-to-body contact).
I think that the sensuous writings of Louis Labe are evident because they describe not only the sense of touch but she correlated them to the emotions that she is experiencing with this person. Behind every action or thought there is motivation that I believe is derived from emotions that the person is feeling at that time. Therefore her comments on love and the intimacy between these two people are clearly seen becuase we as the audience are all able to relate to the emotion or the event if not both.
I agree with Bret and Anna- honestly, I don't know what else to add to what they have already said. Labe's poetry was sensuous in nature because it dealt with real, physical, emotional existence and reactions. She is describing her lifein the physical world as well as her own emotional being, and by doing so is evoking an emotional response in the reader.
Well, when you compare Labe's poetry to Marie de France or Christine de Pisan's, the fact that she even mentions the sense of touch would be enough to send Puritans straight into coniption fits. She's very emotionally tied to her poetry, Brett, Anna, and Katie are right! :]
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It's highly personal and centers around her feelings. There are no names mention, only "you" and "I". Sensuous, strictly speaking, refers to appeasing the sense, so writing sensuously means the writer appeals to the senses of the reader. Labe mentions not only her inner feelings, but also appeals to the sense of touch (heat and cold, as well as body-to-body contact).
Right on, Brett! What do the rest of you think?
I think that the sensuous writings of Louis Labe are evident because they describe not only the sense of touch but she correlated them to the emotions that she is experiencing with this person. Behind every action or thought there is motivation that I believe is derived from emotions that the person is feeling at that time. Therefore her comments on love and the intimacy between these two people are clearly seen becuase we as the audience are all able to relate to the emotion or the event if not both.
I agree with Bret and Anna- honestly, I don't know what else to add to what they have already said. Labe's poetry was sensuous in nature because it dealt with real, physical, emotional existence and reactions. She is describing her lifein the physical world as well as her own emotional being, and by doing so is evoking an emotional response in the reader.
Well, when you compare Labe's poetry to Marie de France or Christine de Pisan's, the fact that she even mentions the sense of touch would be enough to send Puritans straight into coniption fits. She's very emotionally tied to her poetry, Brett, Anna, and Katie are right! :]
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