What is an Ode?

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ode
əʊd/
noun
noun: ode; plural noun: odes
  1. a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.
    • a classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung.
Origin
late 16th century: from French, from late Latin oda, from Greek ōidē, Attic form of aoidē ‘song’, from aeidein‘sing’.