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Hear this out loudPauseThe term is used in music to refer generally to a work evocative of pastoral or rural life such as Edward MacDowell's Forest Idylls, and more specifically to a kind of French courtly entertainment (divertissement) of the baroque era where a pastoral poem was set to music, accompanied by ballet and singing.

Hear this out loudPausea very happy, peaceful, and simple situation or period of time, especially in the countryside, or a piece of music, literature, etc. that describes this: pastoral/rural idyll Every year thousands of people flee the big cities in search of the pastoral/rural idyll. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

Hear this out loudPauseThe word idyll was later coined to refer to the short, highly wrought descriptive poems on pastoral subjects that characterized the work of Theocritus and those who followed in his footsteps, such as the authors of the following examples: John Milton's 'Lycidas,' William Blake's 'The Shepherd,' and Alfred Lord ...

Hear this out loudPauseAn idyll is a poem, prose piece, or event depicting a rural and tranquil scene, usually in idealized terms. The girls in this painting are images of idyllic innocence. Bouguereau probably created this painting during one of his frequent trips to La Rochelle, modeling it after local peasant children.

Hear this out loudPauseThe main features of an idyll are nature and natural imagery used to celebrate the rural lifestyle. Idylls are often, but not always, narrative poems. They usually show a "noble savage" character, someone who is unsophisticated but has a deep connection to nature.

Hear this out loudPauseA ballad is a song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny, or romantic. You can find ballads in a variety of musical styles, from country-western to rock n' roll. The ballad is an old musical form. Ballads are often by anonymous composers, passed down from generation to generation.

lustily adverb Hear this out loudPauselustily adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.

Hear this out loudPause[ dil-ee ] noun. Informal. something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.

Hear this out loudPauseIf you describe a situation as an idyll, you mean that it is idyllic. She finds that the sleepy town she moves to isn't the rural idyll she imagined.

Hear this out loudPauseWhat are the characteristics of an idyll poem? An idyll is a simple, descriptive poem that focuses on the everyday lives of rural people. They are usually peaceful poems.

Hear this out loudPauseAn idyllic place or experience is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or peaceful: an idyllic childhood/summer.

Hear this out loudPauseDefinitions of idyllic. adjective. suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene.