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ode::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lyric poem, lyric |
| Has types | horatian ode, pindaric, pindaric ode, choral ode, sapphic ode, epithalamium |
Examples of ode
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It's an ode to Elvis Presley's beloved mashed banana and peanut butter sandwich.
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The dining room is more muted, a spectacular ode to beige if there ever was one.
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He signed his contract with an eye toward the future and as an ode to the past.
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Ode is to be applauded for a wine list that includes some serious organic labels.
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Now's not the time for an ode to Android, but it has been fun watching it grow.
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Recently, the journalist William Leith wrote an ode to the delights of drying up.
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There is no balance in the media just this mindless ode to political correctness.
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We've got the ode to Michael Jackson, ode to Ray Charles, ode to the president.
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The tattoo features a broken cassette tape, the chef's ode to the death of music.
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- A lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Ode (from Ancientu00A0Greek: u1FA0u03B4u03AEu00A0u014Ddu1E17) is a type of lyrical stanza. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also exist. It is an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally.
- Ode is a ballet made by Lorca Massine to eponymous music from 1943 by Igor Stravinsky. The premiere took place June 23, 1972, as part of New York City Ballet's Stravinsky Festival at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
- Ode is a poem written in 1874 by the English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. It is often referred to by its first line We are the music makers.
- (Odes (album)) Odes is the title of an album of Greek folk songs by Irene Papas and Vangelis. All of the songs are traditional, except two which are original compositions by Vangelis.
- (Odes (Horace)) The Odes (Latin Carmina) are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. According to the journal Quadrant, they were "unparalleled by any collection of lyric poetry produced before or after in Latin literature". ...
- 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
- (Odes) (1979 in music) - with Irene Papas
- Name given to an extended lyric poem characterized by exalted emotion and dignified style. An ode usually concerns a single, serious theme. Most odes, but not all, are addressed to an object or individual. ...
