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Anyone remember the Movie 'Ode to Billy Joe' this post is about Odes

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Odes

Definition of Odes
How do you define Odes? What is the definition of Odes?
The definition of Odes is as follows:
 

Definition of Odes

Odes are long poems which are serious in nature and written to a set structure. John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode To A Nightingale" are probably the most famous examples of this type of poem.
 

 

Example of Odes
There are many examples of different types of poetry. An example of Odes can be found in the poetic work of John Keats ( 1795 - 1821 ) .
 

Example of an Ode - Excerpt

Ode To A Nightingale
by
John Keats

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: