Ode
noun
A poem meant to be sung or written in praise of something or someone.
The poet wrote an ode to the beauty of the sunset
Often appears as...
- ode to joy
- ode to love
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Literary
noun
A poem meant to be sung or written in praise of something or someone.
The poet wrote an ode to the beauty of the sunset
Often appears as...
- ode to joy
- ode to love
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Lyrical Expression
An ode often expresses deep feelings or emotions towards its subject, using expressive and imaginative language.
Her ode to the fallen heroes was filled with heartfelt admiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural References
Odes are linked to historical and cultural practices, and they may reference traditions or significant events.
The playwright's ode to ancient myths wove in references to Greek gods.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise Focused
An ode specifically focuses on praising or celebrating its subject, rather than just describing it.
The musician's new song is an ode to her hometown, celebrating its spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Lyrical Expression
An ode often expresses deep feelings or emotions towards its subject, using expressive and imaginative language.
Her ode to the fallen heroes was filled with heartfelt admiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural References
Odes are linked to historical and cultural practices, and they may reference traditions or significant events.
The playwright's ode to ancient myths wove in references to Greek gods.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise Focused
An ode specifically focuses on praising or celebrating its subject, rather than just describing it.
The musician's new song is an ode to her hometown, celebrating its spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Lyrical Expression
An ode often expresses deep feelings or emotions towards its subject, using expressive and imaginative language.
Her ode to the fallen heroes was filled with heartfelt admiration.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural References
Odes are linked to historical and cultural practices, and they may reference traditions or significant events.
The playwright's ode to ancient myths wove in references to Greek gods.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise Focused
An ode specifically focuses on praising or celebrating its subject, rather than just describing it.
The musician's new song is an ode to her hometown, celebrating its spirit.
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What makes a poem … a...
Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics. One - poems emphasize language's musical qualities. This can be achieved through rhyme, rhythm, and meter, from the sonnets of Shakepeare, to the odes of Confucius,
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The evolution of the...
I got its dots and some words even started to be spelt differently think of words like love and honey which look like they should be pronounced love and Honi they were actually formally spelt with you like it sounds like they were but that shifted into an ode just so it
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Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
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How your emotions change...
but the heart appears to react differently, ballooning in the midportion, for example, and not at the apex. Why different emotional precipitants would result in different cardiac changes remains a mystery. But today, perhaps as an ode to our ancient philosophers,
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Creativity builds...
needs to be a local and global success as an ode to Kenyan excellence, epitomized by Kenyan runners, who are literally world-class. For these ideas to come to life, jobs will be created, and Kenyan ideas will be exported. But more importantly,
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Romance and revolution:...
Later, he poured this attention to detail into poems of appreciation for everyday objects. Many of the 225 short poems in his collection "All the Odes" are dedicated to the assortment of small, apparently insignificant items that surround us,
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Bruce Feiler: The...
to show they were men of leisure by taking turtles for walks and letting the reptile set the pace. And I just love this ode to slow moving. And it's become my own motto for my girls. Take a walk with a turtle. Behold the world in pause.
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Who was the world's...
Enheduanna placed Inanna at the top of the pantheon as the most powerful deity. Her odes to Inanna mark the first time an author writes using the pronoun “I,” and the first time writing is used to explore deep, private emotions.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
So, pretty horrific. That's one of the visual illustrations of evil. And it should not have escaped you that the reason I paired the prisoner with his arms out with Leonardo da Vinci's ode to humanity
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"Ode to the Only Black...
I'm Clint Smith and this is "Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class." You, it seems, are the manifestation of several lifetimes of toil. Brown v. Board in flesh. Most days the classroom feels
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics. One - poems emphasize language's musical qualities. This can be achieved through rhyme, rhythm, and meter, from the sonnets of Shakepeare, to the odes of Confucius,
Video examples
The evolution of the...
I got its dots and some words even started to be spelt differently think of words like love and honey which look like they should be pronounced love and Honi they were actually formally spelt with you like it sounds like they were but that shifted into an ode just so it
Video examples
Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
Video examples
How your emotions change...
but the heart appears to react differently, ballooning in the midportion, for example, and not at the apex. Why different emotional precipitants would result in different cardiac changes remains a mystery. But today, perhaps as an ode to our ancient philosophers,
Video examples
Creativity builds...
needs to be a local and global success as an ode to Kenyan excellence, epitomized by Kenyan runners, who are literally world-class. For these ideas to come to life, jobs will be created, and Kenyan ideas will be exported. But more importantly,
Video examples
Romance and revolution:...
Later, he poured this attention to detail into poems of appreciation for everyday objects. Many of the 225 short poems in his collection "All the Odes" are dedicated to the assortment of small, apparently insignificant items that surround us,
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: The...
to show they were men of leisure by taking turtles for walks and letting the reptile set the pace. And I just love this ode to slow moving. And it's become my own motto for my girls. Take a walk with a turtle. Behold the world in pause.
Video examples
Who was the world's...
Enheduanna placed Inanna at the top of the pantheon as the most powerful deity. Her odes to Inanna mark the first time an author writes using the pronoun “I,” and the first time writing is used to explore deep, private emotions.
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
So, pretty horrific. That's one of the visual illustrations of evil. And it should not have escaped you that the reason I paired the prisoner with his arms out with Leonardo da Vinci's ode to humanity
Video examples
"Ode to the Only Black...
I'm Clint Smith and this is "Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class." You, it seems, are the manifestation of several lifetimes of toil. Brown v. Board in flesh. Most days the classroom feels
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James Fenton
British Poet
No poet is required to write in stanzas, or indeed in regular forms at all. Coleridge's 'Dejection: An Ode' has a rhyme scheme and sequence of long and short lines that goes without regular pattern, following the mood and whim of the poet. Such a form is known as an irregular ode.
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Yvonne Orji
Nigerian Actress
First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of a preemptive expectation placed on them, and then they get there, and they realize the American dream is bigger than, sometimes, what our parents dreamt.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.
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Timothee Chalamet
American Actor
My favorite kind of acting scenes, or at least where I think people shine the brightest, are odes to Meisner technique scenes where people are face-to-face, and it's almost like a repetition exercise.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Everyone dies, and I am not, you know, I don't believe in the Homeric idea that, you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?
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Jamila Woods
American Musician
It's important to me that there's not just one story told about our city. 'LSD' is an ode to Chicago, a song for the complicated love I have for my city.
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Yo Yo Honey Singh
Indian Musician
If an offer comes my way, I would love to sing in every Indian language. It will be like an ode to my fans from every corner of the country.
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Josh Malerman
American Author
So what did influence 'Bird Box?' Well, I've had a crush on Medusa since about 1985. Maybe the book is an ode to her.
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Brian Stelter
American Journalist
It's incredible that Apple is launching a streaming service with an ode to broadcast TV.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.
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James Fenton
British Poet
No poet is required to write in stanzas, or indeed in regular forms at all. Coleridge's 'Dejection: An Ode' has a rhyme scheme and sequence of long and short lines that goes without regular pattern, following the mood and whim of the poet. Such a form is known as an irregular ode.
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Yvonne Orji
Nigerian Actress
First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of a preemptive expectation placed on them, and then they get there, and they realize the American dream is bigger than, sometimes, what our parents dreamt.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.
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Timothee Chalamet
American Actor
My favorite kind of acting scenes, or at least where I think people shine the brightest, are odes to Meisner technique scenes where people are face-to-face, and it's almost like a repetition exercise.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
Everyone dies, and I am not, you know, I don't believe in the Homeric idea that, you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?
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Jamila Woods
American Musician
It's important to me that there's not just one story told about our city. 'LSD' is an ode to Chicago, a song for the complicated love I have for my city.
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Yo Yo Honey Singh
Indian Musician
If an offer comes my way, I would love to sing in every Indian language. It will be like an ode to my fans from every corner of the country.
Quote examples
Josh Malerman
American Author
So what did influence 'Bird Box?' Well, I've had a crush on Medusa since about 1985. Maybe the book is an ode to her.
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Brian Stelter
American Journalist
It's incredible that Apple is launching a streaming service with an ode to broadcast TV.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.
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