pastoral
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- noun
- /ˈpæstərəl/
- Literature
- 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 poem that describes farming and country life
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A musical piece with a gentle, flowing sound that reminds you of the countryside
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A short poem or piece of writing that describes peaceful 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.