epode

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Noun
  • By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?
    James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • As a finishing touch, the bathroom features allover orange—in lighting, walls, and decor—as an ode to the owners’ favorite color.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2026
  • As an ode to the beloved Italian brand, swirl some fun colors together for a bold French tip.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.
    Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Batchelor’s poems have appeared in The Nation, Columbia Journal, cream city review, and elsewhere.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Rich often bridges intimate experience with larger political realities, and this poem is an excellent example.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • When The Last Ship, a musical that serves as an elegy to Wallsend, the hardscrabble Northern England shipyard town Sting grew up in, debuted on Broadway in 2014, the critical reception was disappointing.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 June 2026
  • To say an elegy by heart/to zero our dying before birth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
    Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • Gallagher is also excited about Psalms of the People (Salim Nan Daoine), Jack Archer’s Gaelic-language documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Your freestyle at Harvard University in 2016 was searing and soaring epos.
    New York Times, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
Noun
  • The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.
    BYChris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Epode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epode. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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