Wondering how to use Eclogue in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bucolic or idyll.
Eclogue meaning
A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
Using Eclogue
- The main meaning on this page is: A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
- Useful related words include: bucolic, idyll, pastoral.
Context around Eclogue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eclogue
- In this selection, "eclogue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, modern and idonisian stand out and add context to how "eclogue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a modern eclogue with other and is an eclogue in which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eclogue" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eclogue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Too much so; in the pride of boyish erudition, I edited the Idonisian Eclogue of Theocritus, wh. was privately printed. (20 words)
It was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826. (31 words)
The Spiritual Canticle is an eclogue in which the bride (representing the soul ) searches for the bridegroom (representing Jesus Christ ), and is anxious at having lost him; both are filled with joy upon reuniting. (34 words)
The Spiritual Canticle is an eclogue in which the bride (representing the soul ) searches for the bridegroom (representing Jesus Christ ), and is anxious at having lost him; both are filled with joy upon reuniting. (34 words)
It was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826. (31 words)
Too much so; in the pride of boyish erudition, I edited the Idonisian Eclogue of Theocritus, wh. was privately printed. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
It was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826.
The Spiritual Canticle is an eclogue in which the bride (representing the soul ) searches for the bridegroom (representing Jesus Christ ), and is anxious at having lost him; both are filled with joy upon reuniting.
Too much so; in the pride of boyish erudition, I edited the Idonisian Eclogue of Theocritus, wh. was privately printed.