Pindaric ode

American  

noun

Prosody.

1. an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.

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Pindaric ode British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: Pindaric.  a form of ode associated with Pindar consisting of a triple unit or groups of triple units, with a strophe and an antistrophe of identical structure followed by an epode of a different structure

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Etymology

Origin of Pindaric ode

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

In form most of them are regular 'Horatian' odes, but 'The Bard' and 'The Progress of Poesy' are the best English examples of the genuine Pindaric ode.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

Cowley, long afterwards, wrote this Pindaric ode, and wrote it coldly.

From Flower of the Mind by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

The peculiar variation in length of line found in the Pindaric ode belongs almost entirely to lyric poetry.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Many of these complex stanzaic forms, moreover, belong in the tradition of the so-called Pindaric ode, imitated freely from the Greek choric odes of Pindar.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

"Mother Gooseries from the Convention", by Emilie C. Holladay, is a long stanzaic and Pindaric ode, whose taste and technic are alike impeccable.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)