ode

Ode is a poem that you sing or is a poem honoring a specific person or subject that is written in a clear lyrical style.

(noun)

An example of an ode is William Wordsworth's Imitations of Immortality.

See ode in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a poem written to be sung
in modern use, a lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, typically addressed to some person or thing and usually characterized by lofty feeling, elaborate form, and dignified style

Origin: Fr < LL oda < Gr ōidē, song, contr. < aoidē < aeidein, to sing < IE *aweid- < base *aw-, to speak > Sans vádati, (he) speaks

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way, path: electrode

Origin: < Gr hodos, path, way < IE base *sed-, to go > L cedere

something that resembles (a specified thing): phyllode, nematode

Origin: Gr -ōdēs, ōdes < -ō-, ending of base or thematic vowel + -eidēs, like, -oid

See ode in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.
a. A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.
b. A classical Greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.

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Origin: French, choric song

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin ōdē, ōda

Origin: , from Greek aoidē, ōidē, song; see wed-² in Indo-European roots

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