as in sonnets
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 odes
All national odes are to Indiana coach Curt Cignetti for his good work.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
However, local creatives such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge later began to pen lofty odes to its glacial lakes, wide meadows, and jutting hills.
—Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The walls are graced with various nods to pop culture from the past few decades, as well as odes to Raytown itself.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade unites generations, encouraging revelers to count their blessings as floating odes to commerce and media fill the wintry sky.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
The day’s product announcements were odes to simplicity and ease of use.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
However, local creatives such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge later began to pen lofty odes to its glacial lakes, wide meadows, and jutting hills.
—Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
The walls are graced with various nods to pop culture from the past few decades, as well as odes to Raytown itself.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade unites generations, encouraging revelers to count their blessings as floating odes to commerce and media fill the wintry sky.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
The day’s product announcements were odes to simplicity and ease of use.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odes
Noun
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The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Again and again, Tennyson fills his beautifully wrought poems with enormous, unfathomable depths—sometimes cosmic, sometimes temporal, sometimes psychological, often oceanic.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The poems are rooted in their observations of current affairs and native plants; the publication was completed in December, when Valenzuela and Cheng planned for a reading and celebration of their work at Bravo High.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The song’s lyrics come from a poem his great grandmother penned more than a century ago.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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More uncomfortable than the album’s distorted genrebending are Han’s lyrics, which narrate confessional and confrontational male desire.—
James Gui,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Like a typical Catholic Mass, scriptures, psalms and gospels will be read and the Holy Communion will be given.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Psalms of the fifth century BC posited seventy years as the standard length of a human life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Odes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odes. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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