Eclogue It is a poetic text of pastoral character. Therefore, it has bucolic elements and mentions shepherds. The eclogue can feature dialogue or monologue, but it can also use narrative elements. In addition to the eclogue, there are other types of poem, such as elegy, ode, madrigal, epithalamium and satire.
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Summary about eclogue
The eclogue is a poetic text with pastoral and bucolic themes.
The eclogue may feature dialogue, monologue, or narrative elements.
Pastoral poetry was created by the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse.
In addition to the eclogue, there are other types of poem, such as elegy, ode and madrigal.
What is an eclogue?
the eclogue It is a poetic text of pastoral character, that is, it makes mention of the field and the shepherds.
Characteristics of the eclogue
Bucolic theme.
pastoral elements.
Presence of dialogue or monologue.
traits of the dramatic genres and narrative.
Text written in verses.
locus amoenus or pleasant place.
Examples of eclogue
In the section of the eclogue entitled Fileno, of arcade poet Claudio Manuel da Costa (1729-1789), bucolic (countryside) and pastoral elements are evident. The poem talks about the fisherman Fileno and the harmony he heard, that is, the song of Corino:
on the delightful shore
From the crystal clear Tagus
Sitting a Fisherman, the poor net
While on the extended beaches,
In the distance a harmony,
Never heard, far away listens
A song so sonorous,
That neither smooth Glaucus nor the blind man
Lover of fair Galatea,
From Sicily sang on the white sand.
Corino was, who came
From the village on the way back; where the fish
She had been selling: there in the village
A news found, which in trovas,
By a Discreet Shepherd
Arranged to the sound of the oven chord,
Bring it to the sea; when to the ears
The sound was closer. I, who waited,
These sweet cadences I understood.
[...]
The fields on this day
Cover yourself with vegetables:
The cattle graze contentedly on the cold grass;
And in the thick green
new contentment
Banishes all shadow of torment.
[...]
in concerted hymns
Sounds the whole forest:
Kinder shepherds, more pilgrims
running for nap
From Maioral, oh how much
Pleasant if you make your sweet corner!
[...]
So I sang when
When your boat arrives
Along the leafy shore
A little fell silent: here in the meantime
From the verses that she listened to him,
Applying a part to the rough breath
Of the fishing flute, of this luck
In your own way,
From the beaches, where I was,
Fileno the Fisherman, who was listening to him:
[...]
Already in the passage of the eclogue lysiaby the same author, the lyrical self woman makes a monologue addressed to the “Amenous Jungle”. Thus, she recalls the love lived between her (Lísia) and Sílvio. He abandoned her for another woman, for whom Lisia wishes all evil:
If it's true, that the sweet avena still lives,
Who wept Coridon, wept Amyntas,
You must listen to me, O sweet Jungle.
I among these barely distinguishable shadows,
In the light of the moon, which appears,
I want you to feel my evil with me.
[...]
How can I erase this memory
Of that great good which I spoke of,
That could never have change!
Who, fortune, (woe is me!) who would tell me,
That there was to come a time when there was no
That sweet union, in which I lived!
[...]
Sacrifice I made him of my cattle;
For him I gathered only the fruit,
May the sun season in the golden months.
All, which takes the field, I in tribute
A thousand times I surrendered to you: ah how now
My face I cannot see dry!
Silvio left me; yes Sílvio, what the hell
Distinguished Maioral of these meadows,
Glory of Lysia, for whom Lysia weeps.
Left me: but by whom! If you are still aware,
Longing heart, in this storm,
Explain from my tears the fine cravings.
He left me for the one that boasts
Like Rica's name; the one who buries
In her bosom the treasures, which she sustains.
[...]
If glory was stolen from me, which I kept:
Against fado, against the one I envy today.
The complaint, the accusation only suited me.
Unhappy always be your desire,
O ungrateful enemy; and the adventure
Never find yourself without sorrow or shame.
Let your fields not be covered with greenery:
The day dawns on you loaded,
The night is always ugly, always dark!
[...]
What will become of my fields in poverty,
What are you leaving me with, Silvio? you gave me
All my possessions, and wealth.
You only consoled the most Pastors,
Distinguished Maioral with art, and manner
You composed everything, you moderated everything.
For you the whole field lived happily.
Oh! And with how much pain in this memory
To silence my feathers I settle down!
[...]
Know more: Marília de Dirceu — work of Brazilian Arcadianism that mixes traces of poetry and narrative
What is the origin of the eclogue?
The creator of pastoral poetry was the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse (310-250 a. W.). However, it was the Roman writer Virgil (70-19 a. C.) who popularized the eclogue literary subgenre.
Other types of poems and their themes
TYPE OF POEM |
THEMATIC |
Elegy |
sadness, melancholy |
Epithalamium |
wedding, wedding |
Madrigal |
love, pastoralism |
Ode |
praise, homage |
Satire |
social criticism |
Sources
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