Idyll

Idyll, or IDYL, is in Encyclopaedia Britannica described as "a short poem of a pastoral or rural character in which something of the element of landscape is depicted or suggested. The term was used in Greco-Roman antiquity to designate a variety of brief poems on simple subjects in which the description of natural objects was introduced" ("idyll").

Examples:

One of the examples of idyll by Theocritus is Thyrsis (Idyll 1), "a lament for Daphnis, the original shepherd poet, who died of unrequited love" ("Theocritus"). 

Another example, also by Theocritus, is "Thalysia (“Harvest Home,” Idyll 7), describing a festival on the island of Cos, ..., the poet speaks in the first person and introduces contemporary friends and rivals in the guise of rustics" ("Theocritus").

Works cited:

"idyll". Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 Mar. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/art/idyll. Accessed 22 October 2023.

"Theocritus". Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 Feb. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theocritus. Accessed 22 October 2023.

author of the page: Anna Sopková