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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
Each book is an ode to her roots, and a genuine celebration of diversity.
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Aditi Sriram, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The Molton Brown Bluebell & Wild Strawberry Eau de Parfum is an ode to the bright and syrupy fruit.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 1 Apr. 2025
Renaissance Italians mimicked his Lesbia verses, and Byron adapted one of his odes to a beautiful youth named Juventius.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Regardless if they’re officially deemed Masters collections or not, golf brands and fans are well aware that anything floral and/or pink, green and yellow is an ode to professional golf’s first major and the unofficial start to the amateur golf season.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Aditi Sriram, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The Molton Brown Bluebell & Wild Strawberry Eau de Parfum is an ode to the bright and syrupy fruit.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 1 Apr. 2025
Renaissance Italians mimicked his Lesbia verses, and Byron adapted one of his odes to a beautiful youth named Juventius.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Regardless if they’re officially deemed Masters collections or not, golf brands and fans are well aware that anything floral and/or pink, green and yellow is an ode to professional golf’s first major and the unofficial start to the amateur golf season.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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His teacher quickly got her students analyzing the poems of William Blake.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
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Just before his death, McVeigh handed a copy of the poem by William Ernest Henley to the prison warden.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
18 Apr. 2025
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But in those years, Shakespeare would produce a bounty of plays, sonnets and poems that have been studied, modernized, adapted, saturized and lionized for decades.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Read: Let our critic guide you through the power and paradox of an old-school sonnet.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Listen a little more closely, however, and the lyrics often veer toward tales of dystopia and doomed love and mortality.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
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Steel denied that Williams’s lyrics were proof of crimes.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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See how the rapper translates his rhymes into a distinct visual language.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That tariff rates set by the US (and China) are at levels only last seen in the 1920’s completes the shock, and rhymes with history.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Deeply layered and emotionally charged, the work reads like a visual lament, for what’s been lost, what still remains, and the unresolved stories that continue to flow beneath the surface.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, Curl laments they’re destined for the donation bin.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2025
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Appearing on stage before a lightsaber-waving crowd at Makuhari Messe center outside Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Gosling shared a photo of his childhood bedsheets, plastered with illustrations from the space epic created by George Lucas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Seen in this light, the story has all the makings of a Hollywood epic.—
Kenneth Seeskin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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The funeral of Pope Francis began with a short musical chant and psalm spoken in Latin after an open Book of the Gospels had been placed on top of Pope Francis’ closed coffin carried by pallbearers from inside St. Peter’s and placed on a red carpet on the edge of the church steps.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The faithful will recite several religious verses, including psalm 22, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd,’ during the service.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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Anyone who has spent time online recently has likely come across Ordinary, the ballad by Alex Warren that has been soundtracking romantic videos and emotional content everywhere.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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In a poll published Friday (April 18) on Billboard, music fans chose the alt-pop icon’s gorgeous new ballad as their favorite new release of the past week.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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