Original: One of the most obvious characteristics of his music is the extravagant text setting of words representing extremes of emotion : '' love '' , '' pain '' , '' death '' , '' ecstasy '' , '' agony '' and other similar words occur frequently in his madrigal texts , most of which he probably wrote himself .
Simplified: The words of his madrigals are often very emotional : they are about '' love '' , '' pain '' , '' death '' , '' ecstasy '' , '' agony '' .