An
eclogue is a poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject. Poems in the genre are sometimes also called bucolics . Overview
Kaynak: EclogueMessiah is a 'sacred
eclogue ' by Alexander Pope , composed in 1709. It is based on the Fourth
Eclogue of Virgil , and is an example of
Kaynak: Messiah (poem)The eroticism of Virgil 's second
eclogue , Formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin ("The shepherd Corydon burned with passion for pretty
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eclogue s have been handed down to us under his name, of which the last four, from metrical considerations and express manuscript
Kaynak: Titus Calpurnius SiculusFour
eclogue s, formerly attributed to Titus Calpurnius Siculus , are now generally considered to be by Nemesianus, and the Praise of
Kaynak: Nemesianusyet it has been called the "greatest pastoral
eclogue in the English language In a tradition going back to Petrarch , the pastoral
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