Ode

An ode is a poem of celebration.

??? The Horatian ode (named for the classical Roman poet Horace) is regular -- each stanza has the same form. The Pindaric ode (named for the Greek poet Pindar) is irregular -- an inconsistent number of feet in each verse, for instance, or variation from stanza to stanza.


From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
Please send comments to jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
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