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a composition in verse in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
This poem is titled, "An Ode to My Mother."
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Recent Examples of ode
Today, the song feels like an accidentally nostalgic ode to a bygone era when Baltimore’s plentiful factory jobs and thriving nightlife lured droves of Southerners to the city.
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Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
This year was the 48th race, and the theme was an ode to Route 66, which is turning 100 this year.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2026
Yes, there’s plenty of bubbly to go around, but this venue is much more an ode to the high art of Martini making.
—Connie Ogle
april 16, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The chicken spot’s mascot is a rubber chicken, an ode to the rubber chicken the company's founders bought at a swap meet, the company told USA TODAY on April 16.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
This year was the 48th race, and the theme was an ode to Route 66, which is turning 100 this year.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2026
Yes, there’s plenty of bubbly to go around, but this venue is much more an ode to the high art of Martini making.
—Connie Ogle
april 16, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The chicken spot’s mascot is a rubber chicken, an ode to the rubber chicken the company's founders bought at a swap meet, the company told USA TODAY on April 16.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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This isn’t the terrifying Frost of modernist criticism—although the poem is fully aware of darkness, and its world, on the cusp of World War I, like ours, certainly had its terrors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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Among her legion of fans are Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi, and Helena Bonham Carter who read from her poems in the documentary.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After all, no poet talks seriously about doing statistical regression on sonnets to find the optimal ones.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recently reissued by original label Rough Trade Records, Songs to Remember epitomizes the group’s attempt to reconcile an art-school background, 1977-era punk ethics, and an obsession with chart pop into a musical statement as stately and cohesive as a book of sonnets.—
Alfred Soto,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Phil Lynott, the band's co-founder and lead singer, came up with the lyrics.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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His attorneys and the entertainers who wrote to the Supreme Court argue that such lyrics are protected free speech and have nothing to do with the crime committed.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The rocks closest to the spray were white with rime, and a faint rainbow hung in the air, a diaphanous net catching color.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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The actress and her longtime stylist Law Roach have been thoughtfully playing out the wedding rhyme during the premieres of the film, in which Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play an engaged couple.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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Though marking Jesus’ painful death, Good Friday ultimately points to Easter resurrection—transforming the day from lament to joy for believers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This new 20-minute epic was the band’s Crazy Horse moment, their idea of a rock anthem that starts with a tuneful, melancholy song and then proceeds to deconstruct it with loud report.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Athena served as the central divine guardian and guide in the great epic, The Odyssey.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Not that the album can really be divided into ballads and rockers.—
Brendan Hay,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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Nathan Morris, Wanyá Morris, and Shawn Stockman joined on stage and got the massive crowd swaying to the ballad.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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