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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
And of course, make an ode to how gay the show is.
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Others with new music out include Anne Wilson with her new album Stars, Jillian Jacqueline with an ode to the myriad of roles some women embody, and Ira Dean in collaboration with Gary Allan.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The dinners at Granor are an ode to the farm workers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The song itself is a soothing, nostalgic ode to adolescent memories and young love, where both artists dance between R&B and rap.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Others with new music out include Anne Wilson with her new album Stars, Jillian Jacqueline with an ode to the myriad of roles some women embody, and Ira Dean in collaboration with Gary Allan.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The dinners at Granor are an ode to the farm workers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The song itself is a soothing, nostalgic ode to adolescent memories and young love, where both artists dance between R&B and rap.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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Still, such men recorded the poems, songs, myths, stories and place names of Tonga, and without such records, the stories of (mythical?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Same-sex desire also appears throughout Virgil’s pastoral poems, the Eclogues.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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When women and men speaking Cervantes’ tongue are sent to concentration camps like the South Florida Detention Facility or CECOT, then what use is a sonnet?—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The lyrics can confuse you, too.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, guys have more than rap lyrics on their mind and soon share their feelings on climate change and the war in Ukraine.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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Outside of school, he could be found alongside Mouse, working on new rhymes, new beats, trying to uncover opportunities to perform.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nicolle closed out her routine with a rhyme that won her the one-on-one date that night.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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But a loss is a loss, 1-5 is 1-5, and McDaniel’s lament is pure truth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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The fantasy epic starred Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Grace VanderWaal, Shia LaBeouf and Dustin Hoffman, plus Coppola’s sister Talia Shire and her son Jason Schwartzman.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Proudfoot and his team, including Kris Bowers, pull all the right (if predictable) emotional strings, underscoring Hesse’s memories with majestic orchestral music fit for an Old Hollywood epic.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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The basilica was temporarily shut down on Monday, Oct. 13, and prayers and psalms were said as holy water was showered on the altar, according to the outlet.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Revered by all three Abrahamic religions, the psalms were often recited, read, and sung in routine worship.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a carefree night of throwing romantic caution to the wind.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Diane Warren has written power ballads for everyone from Cher to Celine, but her real passion project might just be the four-legged residents of her Malibu sanctuary.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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