Synonyms for
Ode
Definition
a kind of poem that expresses feelings or thoughts about a particular subject
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Common collocations
- ode to joy
- ode to a nightingale
- odes to love
- odes of praise
- writing an ode
- reading odes
Word family
noun ode
Usage note
An ode is a lyric poem, typically in the form of an address, in which the speaker expresses intense emotion or veneration. It is a formal and often elevated style of poetry.
Example sentences
- She wrote an ode to her favorite book.
- The students in English class wrote odes to their pets.
- Emily Dickinson's poetry includes many odes to nature.
- William Wordsworth wrote an ode to a nightingale.
- John Keats's 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a famous poem.
Quotes
Who hath not felt the influence that so calms / The weary mind in summers sultry hours / When wandering thickest woods beneath the arms / Of ancient oaks and brushing nameless flowers? - William Cowper
Music! what a host of flowers / Springs to blossom at the sound, / And how many silent hours / Rolled away by fairy ground! - John Keats
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. - John Keats