Soeur Monique by Alice Meynell
Soeur Monique is a rondeau by French composer François Couperin, set to a poem by Alice Meynell. The poem tells the story of a young nun, Monique, who is in love with a young man, but is torn between her love for him and her commitment to her religious vocation. The poem is written in a lyrical, romantic style, and is full of imagery of nature and religious devotion. The poem is set to a beautiful and haunting melody, and is a perfect example of Couperin's mastery of the rondeau form. Soeur Monique is a timeless classic, and a beautiful example of French Baroque music.
By Alice Meynell · First published 1903 · Genre: Poetry, Classical Music, Romanticism · 788 words
First lines
Quiet form of silent nun,
What has given you to my inward eyes? / What has marked you, unknown one, / In the throngs of centuries / That mine ears do listen through? / This old master's melody / That expresses you, / This admired simplicity, / Tender, with a serious wit, / And two words, the name of it, / 'Soeur Monique.'
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Date: 1903 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Classical Music, Romanticism
- Length: 788 words
- Structure: 1 section, 11 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The title of the book is 'Poems', indicating that the primary genre is poetry.
- Classical Music — The book includes a rondeau by Couperin, a French Baroque composer, indicating that the book is associated with classical music.
- Romanticism — Alice Meynell was a poet associated with the Romantic movement, suggesting that the book may be associated with Romanticism.
Tags
sisterhood · faith · sacrifice · spirituality · suffering · redemption · sacred · soul-searching · sensitivity · sorrow · sacred duty · sisterly love
More by Alice Meynell
- Poems: SONNET -- MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN (1903)
- Poems: SONNET -- THOUGHTS IN SEPARATION (1903)
- Poems: TO A POET (1903)
- Poems: SONG OF THE SPRING TO THE SUMMER: THE POET SINGS TO HER POET (1903)
- Poems: TO THE BELOVED (1903)
- Poems: MEDITATION (1903)
- Poems: TO THE BELOVED DEAD -- A LAMENT (1903)
- Poems: SONNET (1903)
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