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eclogue
[ ek-lawg, -log ]
noun
- a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
eclogue
/ ˈɛklɒɡ /
noun
- a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eclogue1
C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek eklogē selection, from eklegein to select; see eclectic
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Example Sentences
In the eclogue this danger is earnestly discussed by the two Yorkshire farmers, Roger and Willie.
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The title (as indeed the principal subject of the eclogue) was in consequence altered from 'Lansdown' to 'Jekyll.'
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Boccaccio conceived this Eclogue in a wood, and therefore he calls himself Silvio.
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The Eclogue roughly is as follows: Boccaccio in a sleepless and restless night full of unhappy regrets longs for the day.
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Mopsus laments his death; Menalcas proclaims his divinity; the whole eclogue consisting of an elegy and an apotheosis.
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