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Ode

Type:  

Structure, Style

 
Description: 

A song or lyric for a special occasion or in praise of some object, often rhapsodic. There are several subforms.

 
Origin: 

Greek

 
See Also:  

Anacreontic Ode, Cowleyan Ode, Elemental ode, Horation Ode, Irregular Ode, Keatsian Ode, Lyric, Palinode, Pindaric Ode, Ronsardian Ode, Triumphal Ode

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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