Romance

thumb|Romeo and Juliet, by [[Frank Dicksee, considered to be the archetypal romantic couple, depicting the play's iconic balcony scene]]

right|thumb|Serenade by Leyster|Serenade by [[Judith Leyster]] thumb|Serenade in the Ottoman empire, 1688 In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Italian word , which itself derives from the Latin . Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening", from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late".

genre novel on the theme of romantic love

symbol representing the heart

letter expressing feelings of love

eyes gazing into other eyes

immediate and long-lasting attraction, generally to a person

right|240px|thumb|''Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss'', by [[Antonio Canova, first version 1787–1793]]

fantasy subgenre using elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre

type of song dealing with love

Lovesickness is the mental state brought on by the personal experience of unrequited love, or unrequited limerence (also known as infatuated love or being smitten).: "The English language lacked a noun singular for the state of being love smitten, or having fallen in love, until Dorothy Tennov (1979) coined the term, limerence, to fill the void. It is formally defined as follows:

romantic concept of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love

Amatonormativity () is the set of societal assumptions that everyone prospers with an exclusive romantic relationship. Elizabeth Brake coined the term in her 2012 book Minimizing Marriage to capture societal assumptions about romance. The term has since become established in queer theory, literary studies, in self-help books for aromantic people, and popular science books about aromanticism. Brake wanted to describe the pressure she received by many to prioritize marriage in her own life when she did not want to. Amatonormativity extends beyond social pressures for marriage to include general

feelings of love, romance, or infatuation felt by young people

very close but non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical and emotional intimacy

condition in which one person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person toward whom one feels a strong attraction, with an inability to accept failure or rejection

trope where a caregiver falls in love with their patient.

coordinated dancing of two partners

theory; chemical substances (oxytocin) are studied in the context of their roles in producing human experiences and behaviors that are associated with love

parental disapproval intensifies romantic bonds

phrase expressing affection

play by Dario Fo