| 单词 | prose idyll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprose idyll 1. A short poem, descriptive of some picturesque scene or incident, chiefly in rustic life. prose idyll, a prose composition treating subjects of the same kind in a poetic style. (and derivs.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun] > idyll idyllium1579 idyll1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 296 Those amatorious eidyls and eclogues of Theocritus among Greek Poets, of Catullus and Virgil among vs. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Idyl, a kinde of Eclogue, or Pastoral Poem, such as was written by Theocritus, Moschus, and others. 1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 243 The descriptive parts of this idyll..are unsurpassable. 1859 J. H. Stirling Tennyson in Crit. Ess. (1868) 61 The Idyll or Idyl..is, on the whole, Tennyson's favourite form of rhythmical composition. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 306 The name of the Idyll sufficiently explains its nature. It is a little picture. Rustic or town life, legends of the gods, and passages of personal experience supply the idyllist with subjects. Generally there is a narrator, and in so far the Idyll is epic; its verse too is the hexameter. 1879 World 16 Apr. An Idyl is..not necessarily concerning pastoral matters, though from the prevalence of such topics in the idyls of Theocritus, the general notion is that idyllic and pastoral are almost convertible terms. 1888 J. M. Barrie (title) Auld licht idylls. < as lemmas |
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