idyl

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

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