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noun. A short poem or prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene, usually in idealized terms.

noun. A narrative poem treating an epic or romantic theme.

noun. A scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature.

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noun. A carefree episode or experience.

noun. A romantic interlude.

noun. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.

noun. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.

noun. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

noun. an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll

noun. a musical composition that evokes rural life

noun. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

"In so far as the idyll is a signifier to which a real world referent can be attached -- pre-industrial culture, medieval society, etc. -- we might be dubious of a restoration that is essentially an act of validation."

idylist  idyllic  idyllical  idyllically  idyllist  

composition  episode  musical composition  opus  pastoral  

bridal  bridle  homicidal  idle  idol  

apologue  depopulation  dreamland  elegy  idyl  

English sonnet  Horatian ode  Italian sonnet  Petrarchan sonnet  Pindaric ode