1. a short poem or prose piece describing a peaceful, idealized scene of rural or pastoral life
Usage: literary
2. a peaceful, happy period or situation, especially in the countryside

Examples

• The poet wrote a beautiful idyl about shepherds in the meadow.
• Their summer vacation was a perfect idyl of lazy days by the lake.
• The painting depicted a rural idyl with children playing near a stream.
• She remembered her childhood as an idyl of carefree happiness.
• The small village seemed like an idyl from another century.
• His novel opens with an idyl of farm life before the war.