- 1. n. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Source: opted
- 2. n. a lyric poem with complex stanza forms Source: wordnet
- 3. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously. Source: webster
- 4. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung;a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noblesentiment and appropriate dignity of style.Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak.O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at hisblessed feet. Milton.Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- usedcontemptuously. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a lyric poem with complex stanza forms Source: ecdict
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