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- DictionaryOde/ōd/
noun
- 1. a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
noun
Type of lyrical stanza
An ode is a type of lyric poetry, with its origins in Ancient Greece. Odes are elaborately structured poems praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also enter. Wikipedia