eclogue

noun

Definition of ecloguenext
as in epigram

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  1. epigram
  2. elegy
  3. poem
  4. sonnet
  5. pastoral
  6. madrigal
  7. psalm
  8. idyll
Noun
  • On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
    E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • Working with longtime collaborators John Collins and Nicolas Bragg, the funk-rock elegies and New Romantic jaunts turn brittle and deliberate.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
Definition of elegy
Noun
  • As the Cure’s front man and primary songwriter, Smith’s never been shy about drawing blatant lyrical inspiration from his favorite books and poems.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Co-written with The Office executive producer Ben Silverman, The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin is described as a comedic retelling of the classic poem, featuring a visit from Steve Carell’s Michael Scott as Santa and narrated by Baumgartner’s Kevin Malone.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of poem
Noun
  • People who spend the day after a date writing sonnets in their Notes app.
    Olivia Petter, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
  • According to Open Source Shakespeare, a web page containing all of the bard’s plays, poems and sonnets, there are 884,421 words in the entire works of Shakespeare.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • Science emerges as a version of the pastoral, with the physicist as swain.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • For those who make the trek, the week will be filled with events ranging from the pastoral to the glamourous to the overtly highbrow.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
Definition of pastoral
Noun
  • At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
  • After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
    Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
Definition of madrigal
Noun
  • According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • A little less than half these psalms are attributed to King David, about a third are anonymous, and the rest are attributed to a variety of authors.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
Definition of psalm
Noun
  • Iconic visitors who helped to establish the glamorous allure of this little hilltop idyll include Greta Garbo, Orson Wells and Marlene Dietrich.
    Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The legendary designer is unveiling what might be the most unprecedented project of his lifetime – the rebirth of one of the world’s most exquisite natural settings into a luxury vacation idyll.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of idyll
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