eclogue
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- noun
- /ˈɛklɒɡ/
- Literature
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ecloga
- The poet wrote an eclogue that beautifully captured the conversation between two shepherds in a peaceful meadow.
Examples
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My thanks to Javier Herrero for pointing out to me the importance of tears as a metaphor for poetry itself in Garcilaso's Sonnet XIII and Eclogue I.
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An eclogue often reflects the simplicity and beauty of rural life, as seen in the works of ancient poets.
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Myths about rural life are as old as the Greek eclogues and as modern as the L.L. Bean catalog.
Academic text (2002) -
At the same time, it is difficult not to feel Heaney's delight in the concluding lines of the "Glanmore Eclogue."
Academic text (2007) -
The dialogue "Bann Valley Eclogue" initiates with Virgil and is then carried on through two further poems in Electric Light.
Academic text (2007) -
One is a fairly literal translation of Eclogue IX; the other is a freer response to Virgil's pastoral poetics.
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A full understanding of the fourteenth eclogue thus requires a detailed analysis of both the explicit similarities between the Latin and Spanish texts and the way in which Encina manipulates his Ovidian model.
Academic text (1997) -
In her latest collection, she included an eclogue that describes the joys and struggles of farming during the changing seasons.
Synonyms
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A short poem or piece of writing that describes peaceful country life
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A poem or song that shows calm country life
A short poem about country life
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word eclogue comes from the Greek word eklogē, meaning 'a choosing' or 'selection' and related to the English word 'select'. Poets used eclogue for a short, chosen poem, often a little conversation about country life, so the origin helps explain why an eclogue is a short poem about rural life.