eclogue

[ ek-lawg, -log ]

/ ˈɛk lɔg, -lɒg /

a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.

Origin of eclogue

1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, akin to eklégein to select; see ec-

In the third eclogue of Virgil we have two rivals and an umpire.

The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 |Alexander Pope
In 1780 he won a prize offered by the Academy for an eclogue.

Modern Spanish Lyrics |Various
The first of these poems is a monologue 'entitled Cuddy,' modelled on the January eclogue.

Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama |Walter W. Greg
From Petrarch onwards the eclogue was a kind of literature that much pleased the Italians.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8 |Various

In the first eclogue Rowland bewails, in the midst of spring, 'the winter of his grief.'

Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama |Walter W. Greg

eclogue

/ (ˈɛklɒɡ) /

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