palinode

listen to the pronunciation of palinode
English - Turkish
English - English
A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem

The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred..

a retraction
{n} a song, a recantation
a formal retraction
{i} poem of retraction, poem that recants a previous statement
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode
A retraction; esp
palinode

    Hyphenation

    pal·i·node

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidia, “palinode”), from πάλιν (palin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).
Favorites