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a composition in verse in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
This poem is titled, "An Ode to My Mother."
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Recent Examples of ode
The 17-track set, with producers like Tainy, MAG and La Paciencia, is an ode to Puerto Rico and the music that has soundtracked the island for generations.
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
This falls into the latter category, an ode to the ‘70s disaster movies with the CGI of the 2010s.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
The aircraft was an ode to Chuck Yeager, a longtime Grass Valley resident and World War II fighter pilot known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
This song is an emotional ode to the healing powers of liquor to mask the pain of relationship drama — in other words, a timeless feel.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
This falls into the latter category, an ode to the ‘70s disaster movies with the CGI of the 2010s.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
The aircraft was an ode to Chuck Yeager, a longtime Grass Valley resident and World War II fighter pilot known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
This song is an emotional ode to the healing powers of liquor to mask the pain of relationship drama — in other words, a timeless feel.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
Noun
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Purple: Commander-In-Chief names if they were put into a rap or poem.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The strategy is less effective for improving outputs such as poems or translations, in which ranking is subjective.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.—
Adriana Lee,
WWD,
26 Nov. 2024
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And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
20 Nov. 2024
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The Musical performer isn't afraid to take on out-of-the-box projects and push boundaries with her explicit lyrics and jaw-dropping outfits.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Featuring a book, music and lyrics by Brown, the two-hander first premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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But Drake understandably didn’t fire off his lawsuit then, as ricochets from rich college quads (hip-hop’s prime audience) could have killed his image even more than Lamar’s rhymes did.—
Bill Hochberg,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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His rhymes are well written, well executed, and spit with intention.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a half-skeptical lament for the process of tyranny and dissent, as alluded to in the scriptural epigraph about the strangling Ficus religiosa tree that gives the film its title.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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In classical terms, this begins as an Adagio in D minor — a slow lament led by a solo cello, that accelerates into a chaotic swell of strings.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2024
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To go from historical epics like Braveheart to this feels kind of sad.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Brutalist filmmaker Brady Corbet — who just won Best Director at the 2025 Golden Globes — was nominated in the same category for his acclaimed historical epic.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
15 Mar. 2024
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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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In Blue Velvet, Dorothy Valence’s (Isabella Rossellini) rendition of the title ballad is a conduit for her internal life.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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