Ode
[əʊd] or [od]
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lyric poem.
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Definition
n. a song: a poem written to be set to music: the music written for such a poem.—adj. O′dic.—n. O′dist a writer of odes.
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Examples
- You may have met with her “Ode to an Expiring Frog,” sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You should now have a Pindaric ode, exclaimed Crispin gayly; but alas! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At any rate you can tell that a song or ode has three parts--the words, the melody, and the rhythm; that degree of knowledge I may presuppose? Plato. The Republic.
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