Definition of Ode. Meaning of Ode. Synonyms of Ode

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Definition of Ode

Ode
Ode 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.

Meaning of Ode from wikipedia

- An ode (from Ancient Gr****: ᾠδή, romanized: ōidḗ) is a type of lyric poetry, with its origins in Ancient Greece. Odes are elaborately structured poems...
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- "Ode on Melancholy" is one of five odes composed by English poet John Keats in the spring of 1819, along with "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale"...
- The Oder (/ˈoʊdər/ OH-dər; Czech and Polish: Odra) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders...
- Odal (oþal, Anglo-Saxon éðel, German uodal-, adel) is a Germanic word which relates to property, heritability or nobility. It can refer to the following:...
- Ode to Duty (written in 1805; published in 1807) is a poem (an ode) written by William Wordsworth. “Ode to Duty” is an appeal to the principle of morality...
- "Ode to Psyche" is a poem by John Keats written in spring 1819. The poem is the first of his 1819 odes, which include "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to...