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ode elaborate and stately lyric poem of some length. The ode dates back to the Greek choral songs that were sung and danced at public events and celebrations. The Greek odes of Pindar, which were modeled on the choral odes of Greek drama, were poems of praise or glorification. They were arranged in stanzas patterned in sets of three—a strophe and an antistrophe, which had an identical metrical scheme, and an epode, which had a structure of its own. The ode of the Roman poets Horace and Catullus employed the simpler and more personal lyric form of Sappho, Anacreon, and Alcaeus (see lyric ). The ode in later European literature was conditioned by both the Pindaric and the Horatian forms. During the Renaissance the ode was revived in Italy by Gabriello Chiabrera and in France most successfully by Ronsard. Ronsard imitated Pindar in odes on public events and Horace in more personal odes. Horatian odes also influenced the 17th-century English poets, especially Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, and Andrew Marvell. Milton's ode "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (1629) shows the influence of Pindar, as do the poems written for public occasions by his contemporary Abraham Cowley. However, the Cowleyan (or irregular) ode, originated by Cowley, disregarded the complicated metrical and stanzaic structure of the Pindaric form and employed freely altering stanzas and varying lines. In general the odes of the 19th-century romantic poets—Keats, Shelley, Coleridge—and of such later poets as Swinburne and Hopkins tend to be much freer in form and subject matter than the classical ode. Notable examples of the three kinds of ode are: Pindaric ode, e.g., Thomas Gray's "The Progress of Poesy" ; Horatian ode, e.g., Keats's "To Autumn" ; Cowleyan ode, e.g., Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality." Although the ode has been seldom used in the 20th cent., Allen Tate in "Ode on the Confederate Dead" and Wallace Stevens in "The Idea of Order at Key West" made successful, and highly personal, use of the form.
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"ode." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ode." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ode.html "ode." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ode.html |
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ode (from Greek, ‘song’), a lyric poem of some length and elevated style on a serious subject. Odes are generally classified as either Pindaric or Horatian, depending upon their stanzaic structure and tone. Horatian odes (see Horace) tend to be meditative, tranquil and colloquial; they are frequently homostrophic, repeating a single stanzaic form, and typically shorter than the more declamatory Pindaric ode. Among the best-known Horatian odes are Marvell's An Horation Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland, and Keats's ‘To Autumn’. Pindaric odes are typically passionate, visionary, and sonorous. Designed to be sung and danced by the Greek chorus either at a public festival or in a theatre, these lyrics were written in complex stanzas which mirror the pattern of the dance. The first outstanding imitation of Pindar was Jonson's ‘To the Immortal Memory…of… Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison’ (1629). The Pindaric ode gained popularity in English with the publication of Cowley's ‘Pindarique Odes’ (1656). In this work and in his original Ode, upon the Blessed Restoration and Return of His Sacred Majesty (1660), Cowley developed the ‘irregular ode’, which abandoned Pindar's stanzaic rules; Dryden's odes, notably ‘Ode in Honour of St Cecilia's Day’ (1687), added to their reputation. Promising the would-be poet a freedom from formal constraints, the irregular ode, with its lofty manner, attracted many writers, but it also became the object of parody, though the 18th cent. produced some fine examples, particularly William Collins's ‘Ode to Liberty’ (1746). Regular Pindaric odes, such as Gray's The Progress of Poesy were comparatively rare. The Romantic poets produced some outstanding odes, including Coleridge's ‘Dejection: an Ode’, Wordsworth's ‘Intimations of Immortality’, Shelley's ‘Ode to the West Wind’, and Keats's ‘Ode to a Nightingale’.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "ode." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "ode." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ode.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "ode." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ode.html |
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ode a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre; a classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung.
In classical times, odes written by Pindar were generally dignified or exalted in subject and style and were based on the odes sung by the chorus (choral odes) in Greek tragedy. Those written in Latin by Horace provide a simpler, more intimate model. Recorded from the late 16th century, the word comes via French and late Latin from Greek ōidē, Attic form of aoidē ‘song’. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ode." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ode." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-ode.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ode." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-ode.html |
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ode. In literature, a lyrical poem. In Ancient Greece an ode was recited to mus. acc. In its mus. sense, the term often means a ceremonial work, e.g. Purcell's Ode for St Cecilia's Day and Elgar's Coronation Ode, but sometimes the term is used for works with particular significance to the composer, e.g. Elgar's The Music Makers and Stravinsky's Ode: Elegiacal Chant.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-ode.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-ode.html |
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ode Lyric poem of unspecific form but typically of heightened emotion or public address. The first great writer of odes was Pindar, but more simple were the lyrical odes of Horace and Catullus. In 17th-century England, it was taken up by Jonson, Herrick, and Marvell. Representative of the more personal type are the 19th-century odes of Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats.
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"ode." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ode." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-ode.html "ode." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-ode.html |
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ode / ōd/ • n. a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter. ∎ hist. a poem meant to be sung. DERIVATIVES: od·ic / ˈōdik/ adj. |
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"ode." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ode." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ode.html "ode." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ode.html |
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ode XVI. — F. — late L. ōda, ōdē — Gr. ōidē, Attic var. of aoidē song, lay, f. aeídein sing.
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T. F. HOAD. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ode.html T. F. HOAD. "ode." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ode.html |
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ode •abode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, erode, explode, forebode, goad, implode, load, lode, middle-of-the-road, mode, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad
•geode
•diode, triode
•barcode • zip code • unhallowed
•carload • cartload • payload
•trainload • caseload • freeload
•peakload • shipload • coachload
•boatload • truckload • wagonload
•workload • anode • internode
•epode • antipode • electrode
•railroad
•byroad, highroad
•rhapsode • episode • cestode
•nematode, trematode
•cathode
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"ode." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ode." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ode.html "ode." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ode.html |
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ODE Maths. ordinary differential equation
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ODE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ODE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ODE.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ODE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ODE.html |
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