What is an ode?

Question:Purpose?
Subject and Theme?
Tone?
Rhyme and Rhythm?
Lines and Stanzas?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Purpose?
Subject and Theme?
Tone?
Rhyme and Rhythm?
Lines and Stanzas?

--? Purpose: To celebrate a single object or idea.

Subject & Theme: An ode can be about any subject.

Tone: Elaborate and dignified, the ode glorifies and celebrates its subject with a formal tone.

Rhyme & Rhythm: May or may not have end rhyme or regular rhythm.

Lines & Stanzas: Number and length can vary. Odes are usually long with varying line lengths.

Purpose: to commemorate something that's living.
Subject/theme: Something that is living.
Tone: Anything
Rhyme/rhythm: optional
Lines/stanzas: However many you want.

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