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Ode: dignified and elaborately structured lyric poem praising and glorifying an individual, commemorating an event, or describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally. Odes originally were songs performed to the accompaniment of a musical instrument.
Example:
An Ode to Jello
If I could eat Jell-O all day long,
I’d be a happy guy.
Living on Jell-O can't be wrong,
And without it I would cry .
I’d like to eat Jell-O throughout the day,
Over studying and straining my neck.
I’d like to get Jell-O as my pay,
Instead of a boring paycheck.
Jell-O has many forms-I love them all,
Especially when topped with cool-whip.
It can be made right at home or bought at the mall,
And there’s a recipe for jalepeno Jell-O chip dip.
Jell-O makes me happy, maybe like a drug,
Plain Jell-O-made in my sink.
But some add hooch to it, and make it a slug
Ironic, don’t you think?
I could eat Jell-O throughout the night,
I think Jell-O was in Mom’s womb.
A world with no Jell-O- there’s a fright.
That would bring imminent doom.
They say Vitamins are what you need,
If you don’t want to die.
Since Jell-O has few, I’m in trouble indeed,
And I wanted to say good-bye.
As I lay here, on my death bed,
I am a happy dude.
"Why?" you ask-"are you screwed in the head?"
Nope--Jell-O is Hospital food.
-Vance Lassey
another example is the ode to dr. seuss (http://www.efn.org/~dmaring/seuss.html)
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National Poetry Month (NPM) Lessons
Intro: http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/17980.html
One (Haiku): http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/17893.html
Two (Iambic Pentameter): http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/17940.html
Three (Tanka): http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/17960.html
Four (Villanelle): http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/18000.html
Five (Limerick): http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/freestyle/18031.html
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