bucolic or pastoral poetry

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• Pastoral — Pastoral, as an adjective, refers to the lifestyle of shepherds and pastoralists, moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability of water and feed. Pastoral also describes literature, art and music which… …   Wikipedia

• pastoral — pastorally, adv. /pas teuhr euhl, pah steuhr /, adj. 1. having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life. 2. pertaining to the country or to life in the… …   Universalium

• bucolic caesura — noun or bucolic diaeresis : a diaeresis after the fourth foot in a dactylic hexameter especially common in pastoral poetry …   Useful english dictionary

• poetry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expression in poems Nouns 1. poetry, ars poetica, poesy, poeticism, poetics, metrics; balladry, the gay science; Muse, Calliope, Erato; versification, rhyming, prosody, orthometry, scansion. See writing …   English dictionary for students

• bucolic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rustic, rural; pastoral. See region, poetry. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rural, rustic, pastoral; see rural . See Synonym Study at rural . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [byoo… …   English dictionary for students

• Poetry — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Poetry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 poetry poetry poetics poesy Muse Calliope tuneful Nine Parnassus Helicon Pierides Pierian spring GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 versification versifica …   English dictionary for students

• bucolic — adj. & n. adj. of or concerning shepherds, the pastoral life, etc.; rural. n. 1 (usu. in pl.) a pastoral poem or poetry. 2 a peasant. Derivatives: bucolically adv. Etymology: L bucolicus f. Gk boukolikos f. boukolos herdsman f. bous OX …   Useful english dictionary

• La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea — ( The Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea ), or simply the , is a literary work written by one of 17th century Spain’s most prominent and inventive lyric poets, Luis de Góngora y Argote. The poem, though borrowing heavily from prior literary sources… …   Wikipedia

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• Portuguese Literature — • The Portuguese language was developed gradually from the lingua rustica spoken in the countries which formed part of the Roman Empire . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Portuguese Literature     Portuguese Li …   Catholic encyclopedia