Nature Poetry Pastoral Poems about shepherds herders animals

Nature Poetry

Pastoral Poems about shepherds, herders, animals on the farm, country life, rural settings. These poems are charming, simple & serene, like a painting of the country side. Rolling green hills, flocks of sheep…

This is a pastoral painting. Imagine a poem about this scene…

Bucolic Pastoral poems, but instead of dealing with peasants and farmers, the subjects are wealthy people in the countryside Setting is rural This might be about land-owners or important people overseeing their territory.

Eclogue Brief poem. Dramatic poem. Often written as a dialogue – between two shepherds, perhaps. A type of Pastoral poem. Often about urban topics – while the poem is set in the countryside, it can be about social issues or politics.

Idyll Happy, peaceful poem Idealized setting & subject Often unrealistic – more of a fantasy or utopia Picturesque Simple poem Describes peaceful country life

Idyll Siegfried Sassoon In the grey summer garden I shall find you With day-break and the morning hills behind you. There will be rain-wet roses; stir of wings; And down the wood a thrush that wakes and sings. Not from the past you’ll come, but from that deep Where beauty murmurs to the soul asleep: And I shall know the sense of life re-born From dreams into the mystery of morn Where gloom and brightness meet. And standing there Till that calm song is done, at last we’ll share The league-spread, quiring symphonies that are Joy in the world, and peace, and dawn’s one star.

Ekphrasis Means “description” in Greek. Poems with vivid descriptions of scenes. Often describing works of art. Heavy with IMAGERYEkphrastic poems are written about urns, topiaries, mountains, the moon, a fountain, a wave, photographs…

Synesthesia Blending or intermingling of different senses in description. Taste shapes, smell or hear colors, see sounds touch emotions – a mixing of the five senses in poetry – Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch, Sight… “Your name tastes like purple” Describe a sound as having a color - “yellow music” Describe a color or shape as having a taste - “sweet purple” or “sour circle” or “tasting the universe” Describe an emotion with a scent - “fragrant happiness” Describe visually smells or sounds – “the stench sat on the table” or “the perfume screamed at me” or “the chirp of the squirrel walked along the trail”