Poetic Form
Serenade
From Italian sera: evening. A common genre in Italian and Provençal lyric; the musical serenade (Schubert, Mozart) crossed back into literary influence.
Definition
A song or poem performed in the evening, addressed to a beloved, often beneath a window.
Example
Shakespeare's 'Hark, hark, the lark' (Cymbeline); the troubadour serenata as evening counterpart to the aubade.