eclogue

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E0030100 (ĕk′lôg′, -lŏg′)n. A pastoral poem, usually in the form of a dialogue between shepherds.

[Middle English eclog, from Latin ecloga, from Greek eklogē, selection, from eklegein, to select; see eclectic.]

eclogue

(ˈɛklɒɡ) n (Poetry) a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy[C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek eklogē selection, from eklegein to select; see eclectic]

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(ˈɛk lɔg, -lɒg)

n. a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form. [1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, derivative of eklégein to single out; see eclectic]

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eclogue - a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral lifebucolic, idyl, idyllpastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

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Eclogue

a type of idyll. An eclogue is a genre scene, usually a love scene, of conventional pastoral life. It may be written in narrative or dramatic form. In classical literature no distinction was made between the idyll, for example, those of Theocritus, and the eclogue, for example, Vergil’s Bucolics. Writers of the 18th-century classical school considered that the idyll required more emotion, and the eclogue more action; such were the first Russian eclogues, by A. P. Sumarokov. However, the distinction was not strictly observed. The genre had become obsolete by the early 19th century.

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noun a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

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