odes
Verses of glorification
Odes are poems, typically lyrical and often elaborate in structure, that address a particular subject with elevated feeling.
The classical ode, associated with ancient Greek poets like Pindar, celebrated heroic achievements or public occasions; later poets like Keats wrote odes to abstract concepts or everyday objects (Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale).
The form suggests serious admiration, though modern usage sometimes applies ode loosely to any tribute or homage: Her essay was an ode to her grandmother's cooking.
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- lyricSong's text
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
ballad · elegy · hymn · rhyme · meter · couplet · quatrain · diction
Expression of approval
- tributeOffering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- paeanLaudatory song or ode
- encomiumFormal speech of tribute
eulogy · glorification · exaltation · panegyric · laudation · acclamation · honor · veneration
Mournful expression of grief
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
- mourningPeriod following loss
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
requiem · remembrance · consolation · sorrowful · plaintive · melancholic · mournful · funereal
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
- ariaOperatic solo piece
composition · score · Beethoven · choral · orchestral · instrumental · operatic · movement
Equation containing derivatives
- homogeneousAlike in composition throughout
- first-orderSimplest logical level
- second-orderDerived from derivative
- boundary conditionsValues specified at limits
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
memory · reverie · yesteryear · bygone · halcyon · retrospective · recollection · hiraeth
verse
Metered poetic passage
haiku · ballad · elegy · hymn · rhyme · meter · couplet · quatrain · diction · imagery
praise
Expression of approval
encomium · eulogy · glorification · exaltation · panegyric · laudation · acclamation · honor · veneration · reverence
lament
Mournful expression of grief
memorial · requiem · remembrance · consolation · sorrowful · plaintive · melancholic · mournful · funereal · somber
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
aria · composition · score · Beethoven · choral · orchestral · instrumental · operatic · movement · finale
differential equation
Equation containing derivatives
- homogeneousAlike in composition throughout
- first-orderSimplest logical level
- second-orderDerived from derivative
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- longingIntense, persistent desire
bittersweet · memory · reverie · yesteryear · bygone · halcyon · retrospective · recollection · hiraeth · sentimental
- Ancient Greek PoetrySappho, lyric poetry, elegies, hymns, epigrams
- Camoes Workssonnets, elegies
- Gryphius workssonnets, funeral poems, elegies, epigrams, religious verse
- KeatsHyperion, Lamia, Isabella, Fancy, Robin Hood
- Royal Poetrypanegyrics
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories