5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. What is an ode?
• A lyric poem of praise for something or someone.
• The word “ode” comes from the Greek oide, meaning “song.”
• An ode may be written for a particular occasion and is often formal in tone.
• An ode might be a poem recognizing an important person, place, or thing.
• Odes may be free form or follow a strict structure, based on the type of ode.
Three main types of odes
Types of Odes: Pindaric The William Wordsworth poem "Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early
Childhood" is a very good example of an English language Pindaric ode. It begins: There was a time when meadow, grove,
and stream, The earth, and every common sight To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of
a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; -- Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now
can see no more. • Pindaric Ode – Named for an ancient Greek poet, Pindar. – Three stanzas with irregular meter and rhyme
scheme. – They were written for public performance about public subjects, like gods or celebrities.
8. Types of Odes: Horatian • Horatian Ode – Named for Roman poet, Horatio. – Written in 3 stanzas with irregular meter and
rhyme scheme. – Usually less formal than Pindaric ode – Written about personal subjects for personal enjoyment. “Ode to
the Confederate Dead” --Allen Tate Row after row with strict impunity The headstones yield their names to the element, The
wind whirrs without recollection; In the riven troughs the splayed leaves Pile up, of nature the casual sacrament To the
seasonal eternity of death; Then driven by the fierce scrutiny Of heaven to their election in the vast breath, They sough the
rumour of mortality.
9.
9. Types of Odes: Irregular “America” by Robert CreeleyAmerica, you ode for reality! Give back the people you took. Let the
sun shine again on the four corners of the world you thought of first but do not own, or keep like a convenience. People are
your own word, you invented that locus and term. Here, you said and say, is where we are. Give back what we are, these
people you made, us, and nowhere but you to be. • Irregular Ode – Like the other odes, the irregular ode praises a person,
event, or thing. – Not as strict with the form. No set rhyme scheme.
10.
10. “Ode to a Houseplant” by Harry Mendez • Poem Analysis: • What makes this poem an ode? • Does this poem have any
parallelism? • What is the theme of this poem? Last week you were in your prime, a dark green mass of leaf and vine. Your
tendrils wound around the curtains and up the walls, and I made certain to follow advice from each book I read – I kept you
watered, kept you fed, gave you only indirect light, played classical music for you each night. But soon your leaves yellowed
and spotted, your stems turned brown and all your roots rotted. No matter what I do to help them thrive, I just can’t keep
houseplants alive.
11. “Ode to the Energizer Bunny” by Matthew H. You power my houseYou power my stuffYou pink lovable ball of fluffYou
never stopYou never stayYou beat that drum of yours all dayWho doesn’t want youYou double AAThere is no other battery
for me
12. “Ode to a Pushpin” by Andrew K. My pushpin with its delicate transparency,How you dazzle me with your see through
details.Like a lionfish in the water,You have a deadly edge but a beautiful body.Like a shimmering diamond in the
moonlight,You light up the night and my life.Like a beautiful jewel,You are priceless, sitting on my desk.Ready to be pierced
into cork,Like a bumble bee in distress.
13. Write your own ode • Must be 12 lines with a labeled rhyme scheme • May be any of the three types of odes • Most will
choose to write an irregular ode • Must include parallelism {Make sure to highlight & label} • Must have an obvious theme •
Must include • Imagery • assonance • consonance • Must have title “Ode to…” or “Ode on…” {Make sure to highlight & label}
14. Ode This is apoem of nobling feeling, expressed with dignity and praises for some persons, objects, events or ideas. It is
exalted in tone and formal in structure and content.
15. 9. Ode on a Grecian Urn By John Keats Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan
historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape Of
deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad
pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
16. 10. Narrative poetry Types of poet that narrates a story through the use of poetic diction either real or imaginary Narrative poem
has special appeal. This form of poetry describes events in a vivid way, using some of the elements as short stories, plot
characters and dialogue.
17. 11. Epic This is a long and narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure. Epics can be oral stories or
can be poems in written form. 1. Popular or ancient poetry is usually without definite author and slow in the development. 2. Modern
epic poetry has a definite author.
18. 12. 5 Greatest examples of epic poem Beowulf by Anonymous - This is an Old English language heroic epic poem of anonymous
authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th to the 11th century and relates events
described as having occurred in what is now Denmark and Sweden. Metamorphoses by Ovid - This is a narrative poem in fifteen
books that describes the creation and history of the world. The Odyssey by Homer - The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer’s
Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home to Ithaca following the fall of Troy. Epic of
Gilgamesh by Anonymous - This is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary
fiction. The Iliad by Homer - oldest extant work of literature in the ancient Greek language, making it the first work of European
literature.
19. 13. Ballad poems It also tell a story, like epic poems however, ballad poetry is often based on a legend or a folk tale. Most
ballads are written in four-six stanzas and has a regular rhythms and rhyme schemes. A ballad often features a refrain-a regular
repeated line or group of lines.
20. 14. The Mermaid by Unknown author Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go
skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below.
21. 15. Social poem This is either purely comic or t
