Apedia

Ode Poem Lyric Tone Formality Celebrates Person Concept

Question Ode
Answer Lyric poem, often with a tone of formality, which celebrates a person, concept or place. In Ancient Greece, an ode would be a very public poem, often set to music, which would be constructed for and played at athletic victories and similar events.
vary a lot in the stanza form and line length, and typically don’t employ a rhyming scheme.

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Epic long narrative poem hero completes journey acts

Previous card: Blank verse written poetry unrhymed iambic pentameter ten

Up to card list: AQA GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE