ABSTRACT

First published in 1974, this book provides a helpful overview to the ode. After introducing the reader to classical odes, it goes on to trace the development of two major types: the Pindaric ode and the Horatian ode. The book concludes with a study of odes from the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries.

This book will be of particular interest to those studying poetry, verse form and literature more generally.

chapter 1|9 pages

Classical Models

chapter 2|16 pages

Pindaric Odes

chapter 3|11 pages

Horatian Odes

chapter 4|18 pages

Nineteenth-Century Odes

chapter 5|5 pages

Some Twentieth-Century Odes