noun
- pastoral poems or writings that idealize rural life
Usage: literary
Examples
- The professor assigned several classical bucolics for our poetry course.
- Virgil’s Eclogues are among the most famous bucolics in Latin literature.
- The anthology included bucolics from various European traditions.
- She specialized in Renaissance bucolics and their influence on later writers.
- The poet’s bucolics painted an idealized picture of shepherd life.
- Ancient bucolics often featured singing contests between shepherds.