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eclogue (n.)

"short poem," especially a pastoral dialogue, mid-15c., from Latin ecloga "selection, short poem, eclogue," from Greek ekloge "a selection," especially of poems, from eklegein "to pick out, select," from ek "out" (see ex-) + legein "gather, choose," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather."

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Definitions of eclogue from WordNet

eclogue (n.)
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;
Synonyms: bucolic / idyll / idyl
From wordnet.princeton.edu