˜yÐÄvlog

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eclogue

[ ek-lawg, -log ]

noun

  1. a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.


eclogue

/ ˈɛ°ì±ôÉ’É¡ /

noun

  1. a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of eclogue1

1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek ±ð°ì±ô´Ç²µá¸— selection, akin to ±ð°ì±ôé²µ±ð¾±²Ô to select; ec-
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of eclogue1

C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek ±ð°ì±ô´Ç²µÅ§ selection, from eklegein to select; see eclectic
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Poets are given vast fees by international conglomerates for their latest eclogues, while screenwriters live in poverty, paid a pittance for their largely ignored outpourings.

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A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

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We find the dove, also, in the romantic eclogues of ancient Syria.

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In every woman, however hardened, however immersed in love adventures, there remains an eclogue in some corner of her brain which now and again comes to the surface.

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The other eclogues deal with the sorrows of earthly love, leading up to a dialogue between Corydon and Cornix, in which the heavenly love is extolled.

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