| 1. lyric poem characterized by lofty feeling and a dignified style; ancient Greek choral piece. odeode , n. [f., fr. l. ode, oda, gr. a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. , fr. to sing; cf.skr. vad to speak, sing. cf. comedy, melody, monody.] a short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. o! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, and lay it lowly at his blessed feet.ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.ode a lyric poem with complex stanza forms |
