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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
Richard Linklater presents his ode to the French New Wave with Nouvelle Vague.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Villains, an ode to the best villains in cinema; and Waverly Place, a destination for Wizards of all ages.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Her baby’s middle name seems like an ode to him.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And, as an ode to Molinar’s Mexican culture, the shop has a tri color polvorón (Spanish shortbread) cookie.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Villains, an ode to the best villains in cinema; and Waverly Place, a destination for Wizards of all ages.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Her baby’s middle name seems like an ode to him.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And, as an ode to Molinar’s Mexican culture, the shop has a tri color polvorón (Spanish shortbread) cookie.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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Finally Moncrieff chose Within a Budding Grove, from a poem by William Allingham.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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This poem is from Courtney Kampa’s new book, A Bright and Borrowed Light.—
Courtney Kampa,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But music criticism aside, some fans feel betrayed by the album — and not just by the lyrics.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Social media star Kaeli Dance spoke the chorus lyrics to explain which moves correlate to each line in an Instagram Reel shared on Sunday.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 in the four years since then, he’s gone to jail, fallen out with his former partner-in-rhyme Gunna and made more headlines for being at the center of public messiness than for anything he’s done with his music.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This map is a lament, but also an attempt to perform a restoration, to imagine the nonviolent future after the war has ended when these institutions can be rebuilt.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Told through empathetic interviews with his bandmates and family, Struebing’s ordeal becomes a tale of partial redemption and a lament about the failure of our justice system to meet the mental-health needs of people caught up in it.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This isn't a sprawling fantasy epic.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the 13-episode epic, Our Blues’ Kim Woo-bin stars as Iblis, a Satanic genie who is utterly convinced of humanity’s inherent greed.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Archbishop Bernard Hebda addressed some 2,000 people at the vigil, where psalms were sung and the silences burrowed deep in the wide room.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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Swift is known for her devastating track five ballads.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The wedding ballads can wait; this nasty jam should still get the dancefloor packed in the meantime.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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