eclogue
noun
Pronunciation
ECK-log
Definition
: a poem in which shepherds converse
Examples
Modern critics tend to have little tolerance for the idealized world of the old eclogues, in which poverty is bathed in golden light.
"[Matt] Pavelich begins his novel with an excerpt from W. H. Auden's Pulitzer Prize-winning poem, 'Age of Anxiety.' Auden's is a fascinating and hair-raising eclogue that affects the novel throughout its long journey." — The Missoula (Montana) Independent, 27 May 2004
Test Your Vocabulary
What -logue word can refer to a speech at the end of a play or a concluding section of a musical composition?
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