Friday, September 19, 2008

IDYLL

a rustic, romantic interlude

poetry or prose that celebrates simple pastoral life

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

a musical composition that evokes rural life
SYN - pastoral

"It was his time at the Johnson's farm which inspired him to write the idyll that he is so famous for."

"It was a rather simple idyll which was a perfect celebration of a life that was above all else, simple."

"It was easy to get swept away by the idyll's of the great poets, but the truth is the pastoral country life was hard."

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