It has been described as "one of the more extraordinary novels of the first half of the twentieth century in terms of pastoral imagery".

By the time of "Moon River," 28 years after "Lazybones," the pastoral imagery has assumed a heavenly luminescence.

For one thing, pastoral imagery "covered the wolf of commercialization in sheep's clothing."

Paradisaical notions are cross-cultural, often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both.

The balance between conventional pastoral imagery and these other elements has, over time, created the impression that Lycidas is one of the most innovative pastoral elegies.

Reynolds is a wonderful storyteller and a master of pastoral imagery, qualities that sometimes collide with an annoying didacticism.

Common aesthetic registers of which topographical poetry make use include pastoral imagery, the sublime, and the picturesque.

The album's lyrics combine urban and pastoral imagery.

Similar instruments are made across a variety of cultures, while the specific term "oaten pipe" is found in English literature, connoting pastoral imagery.

On a descriptive level pastoral imagery must be regarded as sentimental distortion.