ode

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And do you think that the ode is a good composition, and true Yes, I said, both good and true But if there is a contradiction, can the composition be good or true No, not in that case, I replied And is there not a contradiction?

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  1. noun A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.
  2. noun A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.
  3. noun 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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  • Customers can enter by expressing their passion for the Ted's burger on www. tedsmontanagrill.com, where they can upload a picture, make a video, perform a song, even pen an ode -- anything they feel best portrays their love for the Ted's burger. —  Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  • While the last few seasons have seen trends across the globe sing sonnets to the 90s; stonewash overalls, baggy "boyfriend" jeans, blazers, frantic lashings of fluro, vests, geometric prints, ra-ra skirts and high waists, the ode is not over! —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • That ode was abrogated by later verses written when the Prophet spread Islam by the sword.
  • Slide 3: More Mors e P le a s e … Mors e C ode is a va ria b le - width c ode: it us e s s h orte r c ode s for fre q ue ntly us e d le tte rs a nd lon g e r c od e s for le s s c om m on us e d one s. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Of your body's pale ode, an icy fortress of blood and ages —  Kottu
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  1. French, choric song, from Old French, from Late Latin ōdē, ōda, from Greek aoidē, ōidē, song; see wed-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French ode = Spanish Portuguese Italian oda = D. G. Danish Swedish ode, from Late Latin ode, oda (not in L., Horace's ‘odes’ being called in the orig. carmina), from Greek ᾠδή, contr. of ἀοιδή, a song, ode, poem, strophe, from ἀείδειν, contr. ᾄδειν, singular
 

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