pastoral
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- noun
- /ˈpæstərəl/
- Literature
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pastoral
- The novel is a beautiful pastoral that captures the simplicity and charm of rural life.
Examples
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The artist painted a pastoral scene that depicted farmers tending to their crops under a bright, blue sky.
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The symphony that Beethoven called the "Pastoral," his sixth, is one of the few pieces of music he ever wrote that tells something like a definite story.
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Virgil now appears as the author of a pastoral poem, The bucolic.
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The classic instance is Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, called Pastoral because it professes to give us the sounds of a country scene: a brook, a bird, a storm.
Academic text (1996) -
The flat fields were all that pastoral should be, with cows and sheep and hedgerows, punctuated by small deciduous copses.
Blog text (20) -
In his works, he often explores the themes of nature and community through pastoral imagery.
Synonyms
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A short poem or piece of writing that describes peaceful country life
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A musical piece with a gentle, flowing sound that reminds you of the countryside
A poem that describes farming and country life
How Pastoral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pastoral comes from Latin pastor 'shepherd' and originally described stories about shepherds in calm fields. So a pastoral work is a poem or song that shows an ideal, peaceful country life.