ode
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- noun
- /oʊd/
- Literature
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- Ode to a Nightingale: A love song to inspiration.
- Ode by Keats
- Ode to Joy
- Ode to a Nightingale
And finally, to Carter's Ode to Cold Brew.
- And finally, to Carter's Ode to Cold Brew.
- He's written a poem which is entitled Ode to Sulphur.
- Trump brought it all home in a beautiful ode to the effectiveness of walls.
- But it's an ode to the town that's allowed us to thrive.
- For fans of Joe Hill and VE Schwab, it's an ode to art and science and history and magic.
- And so I'm going to end with a poem, The Kiss by Siegfried Sassoon, an ode to the bullet and the bayonet.
- But that's Coley Garrett A Garat and that's Coley Gerat with a song called Ode to Daisy.
- Introducing the Overture Collection, an ode of course, to one of my greatest, greatest loves, theatre.
- And by the time, by the time of the debut performance, after all these years of creating Ode to Joy, he's now totally deaf.
- It is time for Drews News, your daily spritz of the ode to good news.
- This is just sort of a chanter ode lament for the brilliance of wolves.
- I just think Ode to Christmas, this would be the perfect gift.
Examples
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The poem, entitled "La jeune captive," was an ode to a beautiful young female prisoner, written in the woman's voice.
Academic text (2011) -
I once penned an ode to the wines of Spain.
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So Ode to Joy is not a Christmas song?
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Each year at Class Day, students write a new class ode to the tune of Fair Harvard.
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There was a particular poem she remembered, "Ode to a Couple."
Fiction book (1999) -
So this is my olive branch, my ode to Olivia to win her friendship.
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But it's an ode to the town that's allowed us to thrive.
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When I woke in the morning, he was gone and the Ode to Joy was blasting from my stereo.
Fiction book (1995) -
For fans of Joe Hill and VE Schwab, it's an ode to art and science and history and magic.
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I once penned an ode to the wines of Spain.
Synonyms
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A short piece of writing that expresses feelings and ideas with rhythm and style
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A short poem that expresses personal feelings in a songlike way
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A short poem that shows personal feelings, often like a song
Compounds
- Literature
A calm, thoughtful poem with several equal parts and a regular rhythm like Horace wrote
- Literature
A formal poem with groups of three short sections, based on poems by the ancient Greek poet Pindar
- Literature
A poem in four-line stanzas that follows an old Greek rhythm, often about love or strong feeling
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Etymology
Ode comes from the old Greek word oide, which means 'song'. An ode is like a song in poem form, often written to praise or speak to someone or something, which is why odes are usually lyrical and aimed at a particular subject.