A brief pastoral poem, set in an idyllic rural place but discussing urban, court, political, or social issues.
Bucolics and idylls, like eclogues, are pastoral poems in non-dramatic form.
Examples are Alexander Barclay's "Eclogues,"
Edmund Spenser's "Shepherds Calendar,"
Jonathan Swift's "A Town Eclogue," and Andrew Marvell's "Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn."