Get to know Ode better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like lyric.
Ode in a sentence
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Ode meaning
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Synonyms of Ode
Using Ode
- The main meaning on this page is: A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
- Useful related words include: lyric, lyric poem.
- In the example corpus, ode often appears in combinations such as: ode to, an ode, the ode.
Context around Ode
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ode
- In this selection, "ode" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, english, ijebu, included, ogun, alhaji and nor stand out and add context to how "ode" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a celebratory ode for this and a modern ode to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ode" sits close to words such as adele, adolf and agendas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ode
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An ode to James Ward-Prowse, a Southampton legend who nearly did enough - coming soon. (15 words)
Ode on a Grecian Urn, while an ekphrasis, also functions as an ode to the artistic beauty the narrator observes. (20 words)
Ang Lee’s ode to classic wuxia Chinese films is a major accomplishment, elevating the martial arts film to actual art. (21 words)
As that tune’s title makes clear, “I’m Just Ken” is a navel-gazing ode-to-self sung, as he puts it, Barbie while strumming doggedly at his guitar in a surfeit of frustrated, displaced sexual energy emanating from the supposedly sexless figure. (44 words)
Soon he was competing with Pindar for commissions from the leading families of Aegina and, in 476 BC, their rivalry seems to have reached the highest levels when Bacchylides composed an ode celebrating Hieron's first victory at the Olympian Games (Ode 5). (43 words)
Perhaps the greatest odes of the 19th century, however, were Keats's Five Great Odes of 1819, which included " Ode to a Nightingale ", " Ode on Melancholy ", " Ode on a Grecian Urn ", " Ode to Psyche ", and " To Autumn ". (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Perhaps the greatest odes of the 19th century, however, were Keats's Five Great Odes of 1819, which included " Ode to a Nightingale ", " Ode on Melancholy ", " Ode on a Grecian Urn ", " Ode to Psyche ", and " To Autumn ".
English ode An English ode is a lyrical stanza in praise of, or dedicated to someone or something that captures the poet's interest or serves as an inspiration for the ode.
Ijebu-Ode (Ogun) – The Chief Imam of Ijebu-Ode, Alhaji Mufutau Ayanbadejo, has decried the spate of corruption in the country, and urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to relent in the anti-corruption war.
Irregular odes use rhyme, but not the three-part form of the Pindaric ode, nor the two- or four-line stanza of the Horatian ode.
Ode on a Grecian Urn, while an ekphrasis, also functions as an ode to the artistic beauty the narrator observes.
Of the former, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1739) (set to texts by John Dryden ) and Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713) are noteworthy.
Pindar also composed a celebratory ode for this victory (Pindar's Pythian Ode 1), including however stern, moral advice for the tyrant to rule wisely.
Pindar's Olympian Ode 1 and Bacchylides's Ode 5 differ also in their description of the race – while Pindar's reference to Pherenicus is slight and general (".
Soon he was competing with Pindar for commissions from the leading families of Aegina and, in 476 BC, their rivalry seems to have reached the highest levels when Bacchylides composed an ode celebrating Hieron's first victory at the Olympian Games (Ode 5).
Unrhymed lyrics like Collins ' Ode to Evening (in the meter of Milton's translation of Horace 's Ode to Pyrrha) were not uncommon after 1740.
Among the final work Armstrong created, after a lengthy hospital stay in 1971, was a six-page handwritten ode to Corona, and his happy, quotidian life there.
Ang Lee’s ode to classic wuxia Chinese films is a major accomplishment, elevating the martial arts film to actual art.
An ode to James Ward-Prowse, a Southampton legend who nearly did enough - coming soon.
As it explores themes of faith, parenthood, and the unknown, is a modern ode to the inspiring and family-friendly '80s sci-fi films that captured humanity's yearning to contact whoever's out there.
As it is celebrated on many platforms with an ode to its raw and rough feel, showing the underbelly of Mumbai, it is worth reflecting why Bollywood does not produce such films any longer.
As that tune’s title makes clear, “I’m Just Ken” is a navel-gazing ode-to-self sung, as he puts it, Barbie while strumming doggedly at his guitar in a surfeit of frustrated, displaced sexual energy emanating from the supposedly sexless figure.
At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri imagined an ode to getting away and the magic of the mountains in the DiorAlps line by reinventing the inspirations of her latest shows.
Chris Burns, owner of Old Ox Brewery of Ashburn, Va., holds Bye Dan beer, an ode to failed Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder.
Coincidentally, Jim Morrison of The Doors published a poem called 'Ode to L.A. While Thinking of Brian Jones Deceased' following Jones' death.
Despite having never held a service role himself, Mr Williams said he does it as an ode to his relatives and for the other soldiers who have passed.
Common combinations with ode
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ode to 128×
- an ode 58×
- the ode 12×
- ijebu ode 10×
- ode for 6×
- ode on 5×
- this ode 4×
- ode in 4×
- his ode 4×
- in ode 3×