Comtessa plays the part of a betrayed lover, and although she has been betrayed, continues to defend and praise herself. In , however, the Comtessa makes fun of the , a person known for gossiping, comparing those who gossip to a "cloud that obscures the sun." In writing style, Comtessa uses a process known as in , repeating the same rhyme scheme in each strophe, but changing the a rhyme each time. , on the other hand, uses , with a rhyme scheme of ab' ab' b' aab'. uses some of the motifs of Idyll II of Theocritus. In popular culture She is the subject of a series of historical novels by the East German author Irmtraud Morgner. Notes References Troubadour Music at the Music Encyclopedia. Accessed February 2008. Socialist Magical Realism Irmtraud Morgner's Trobadora Beatrice by Elizabeth Morier. The Complete Review, Volume II, Issue 2- May, 2001. Accessed February 2008. Further reading 12th-century troubadours 12th-century women writers 12th-century women composers Trobairitz 1140s births Date of death unknown Year of death unknown Medieval women musicians Medieval women poets 12th-century women artists 13th-century women artists