eclogues

English - Turkish

Definition of eclogues in English Turkish dictionary

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eclogue

(Muzik) çoban şiiri

eclogue

{i} eglog

eclogue

{i} diyalog şeklindeki pastoral şiir

eclogue

karşılıklı konuşma şeklinde pastoral şiir

English - English

Definition of eclogues in English English dictionary

a series of pastoral poems by Virgil

plural form of eclogue

plural of eclogue

Related Terms

eclogue

A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds

eclogue

{n} a pastoral poem, a kind of rural poem

eclogue

A pastoral poem, usually containing dialogue between shepherds (See also Arcadia, Bucolic, Idyll, Madrigal)

eclogue

Short, usually pastoral, poem in the form of a dialogue or soliloquy (see pastoral). The eclogue as a pastoral form first appeared in the idylls of Theocritus, was adopted by Virgil, and was revived in the Renaissance by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender, a series of 12 eclogues, was the first outstanding pastoral poem in English. Eighteenth-century English poets used the eclogue for ironic verse on nonpastoral subjects. Since then a distinction has been made between eclogue and pastoral, with eclogue referring only to the dialogue or soliloquy form

eclogue

{i} short poem

eclogue

a brief pastoral poem, set in an idyllic rural place but discussing urban, court, political, or social issues Bucolics and idylls, like eclogues, are pastoral poems in non-dramatic form Examples are Alexander Barclay's Eclogues, Edmund Spenser's Shepherds Calendar, Jonathan Swift's "A Town Eclogue," and Andrew Marvell's "Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn "

eclogue

Light, lyrical and simple composition for piano of the romantic era

eclogue

A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established

eclogue

A poem in the form of a conversation between shepherds

eclogue

a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life

Hyphenation

Ec·logues

Etymology

[ 'ek-"log, -"läg ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English eclog, from Latin Eclogae, title of Virgil's pastorals, literally, selections, plural of ecloga, from Greek eklogE, from eklegein to select.