A literary genre that expresses the pastoral life of shepherds. Poets often use this genre to compare the simplicity and tranquility of rural life with the corruption and depravity of urban or court life. This genre originated in ancient Greece, and Te Aucry Toth (3rd century BC) was the earliest pastoral writer. Virgil, a Roman poet, published his Pastoral in 37 BC, describing the idealized pastoral simple living in Acadia with simple poems, in which the scenery and characters are far from real life. In fact, it eulogized the glory of the Roman Empire in the form of pastoral songs. Virgil's pastoral poetry is not as simple as Greek pastoral poetry, but it has a far-reaching influence on the pastoral poetry created by later scholars. During the Renaissance, pastoral became a popular genre, including not only classical pastoral, but also pastoral novels and dramas using pastoral themes, such as Acadia by Italian writer Sanazaro and Di Anna by Spanish writer Montemayor. Shakespeare's comedy "Everyone is Happy" and so on. Milton's Lycidas is an idyllic mourning poem, in which philosophical and religious issues are discussed. His Comas is a farce in which young men and women play jokes on each other in an idyllic way. Many pastoral works in romantic poetry often express the poet's attitude towards nature and society in this form, and Goethe's long poem Herman and Doulutai is a famous example.