as in poem
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
If North Island was an ode to solitude and seclusion, Raffles was the exhale — a place where the rhythm of daily life matched the sway of the palms.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Coogler’s most personal film to date, this celebration of Black culture and an ode to the Blues broke the record for the highest-grossing opening for an original film released so far this decade.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The name for the new concept is an ode to farm-to-table fare, Danielson said.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
And of course, make an ode to how gay the show is.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Coogler’s most personal film to date, this celebration of Black culture and an ode to the Blues broke the record for the highest-grossing opening for an original film released so far this decade.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The name for the new concept is an ode to farm-to-table fare, Danielson said.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
And of course, make an ode to how gay the show is.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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According to the explanation on the museum’s website, the use of poppies has its origins in a poem that was penned by a Canadian physician who had served as a field surgeon in Belgium during the Great War.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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Moon’s poems suggest Buddhist ideologies and Korean temples, yet the works remain largely free of cultural-specific imagery and are, instead, naturalistic or universal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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Acharia attended Raj’s recent New York City show, describing a packed venue where the predominantly young, female audience knew every lyric.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Other sertanejo and agronejo artists content themselves with promoting agrobusiness interests through their lyrics, praising industrial farming and the miracle of pesticides.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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It's got a lot going on, but there's a reason to every rhyme.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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There is no momentum or rhyme to the reasoning of giving the co-starters alternating drives.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Oct. 2025
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If Park’s film begins as another lament for our layoff-laden modern world, the South Korean director soon introduces a sinister twist.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Joel Stedifor sent two pictures of his classic 85-year-old Pontiac and shared my lament about the dearth of old, old Pontiac automobiles.—
Laura Lane,
USA Today,
14 Dec. 2025
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An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic collected $40 million over its third weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.—
Jake Coyle,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Tutivillus, who totted up all the mistakes clergymen made when singing hymns or reciting psalms.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 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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In the ballad, the hero is betrayed by his cousin, who bleeds him too severely while administering a blood-letting cure.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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The music video for the ballad, included on the deluxe edition of Cyrus's Something Beautiful, depicts Cyrus in a sculptural Iris van Herpen look that screams avant-garde.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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