A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style
A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure John Keats's “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a famous example of this type of poem
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now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style
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A type of lyric or melic verse, usually irregular rather than uniform, generally of considerable length, and sometimes continuous, sometimes divided in accordance with transitions of thought and mood in a complexity of stanzaic forms; it often has varying iambic line lengths with no fixed system of rhyme schemes and is always marked by the rich, intense expression of an elevated thought, often addressed to a praised person or object Sidelight: Two other important forms of the ode arose from classical poetry; (1) the Dorian or choric ode designed for singing, after which Pindaric verse was patterned, and (2) the Aeolic or Horatian Ode, of which "Ode to a Nightingale," considered to be one of John Keats' finest works, is an example More commonly used in English poetry, however, is the irregular form described above and exemplified in Wordsworth's "Ode Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood " (See also Encomium, Epinicion, Sapphic Verse)
An ode is a poem, especially one that is written in praise of a particular person, thing, or event. Keats' Ode to a Nightingale. a poem or song written in order to praise a person or thing ode to (from oide , from aeidein ). Ceremonious lyric poem on an occasion of dignity in which personal emotion and universal themes are united. The form is usually marked by exalted feeling and style, varying line length, and complex stanza forms. The term ode derives from a Greek word alluding to a choric song, usually accompanied by a dance. Forms of odes include the Pindaric ode, written to celebrate public events such as the Olympic games, and the form associated with Horace, whose intimate, reflective odes have two-or four-line stanzas and polished metres. Both were revived during the Renaissance and influenced Western lyric poetry into the 20th century. The ode (qadah) also flourished in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
A relatively lengthy lyric poem that often expresses lofty emotions in a dignified style Odes are characterized by a serious topic, such as truth, art, freedom, justice, or the meaning of life; their tone tends to be formal There is no prescribed pattern that defines an ode; some odes repeat the same pattern in each stanza, while others introduce a new pattern in each stanza See also lyric