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Ode Meaning & Definition
Ode Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ode?

[n] a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ode:

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See Also | choral ode | Horatian ode | lyric | lyric poem | Pindaric | Pindaric ode | Sapphic ode

Ode In Webster's Dictionary

\Ode\, n. [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. ? a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. ?, fr. ? to sing; cf.Skr. vad to speak, sing. Cf. {Comedy}, {Melody}, {Monody}.] 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. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. --Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton. {Ode factor}, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

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