Bucolic means country, rural, graceful. It refers to nature and the beautiful countryside. It also means naive, simple or pure.
The term bucolic has an etymological origin in the Greek "boukolikos" (pastoral, rustic), formed from "boukolos" (cowboy), a junction of "bos" (cow) + "kolos" (takes care of).
Bucolismo is a poetic literary genre in which the authors exalt country life, simplicity and the ingenuity of customs, the tranquility and richness of contact with nature, and the peculiar habits of the pastors.
It is a poetry characterized by the idealization of a scenario of peace and quiet, in contrast to the hustle and bustle of city life.
With the full development of urban centers in the 18th century, the bucolic landscape represented a refuge from the oppression experienced by society at that time.
The literary texts that characterize Arcadism (inspired in a rural region called Arcadia, in the Ancient Greece), are also marked by the exaltation of everything related to nature and life in the field.