| The rhymes in the sirvente differed from what we consider correct by consisting always of a repetition of the same word. |
| The sirvente was a song of war or politics, sometimes satirical, sometimes in praise of the exploits of a generous patron. |
| It has even been doubted whether the serventois is not the forerunner of the sirvente instead of the reverse being the case. |
| A sirvente by an anonymous troubadour shows how anxiously he was expected in Languedoc. |
