Horatian ode

American

noun

Prosody.

an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.

Horatian ode British

noun

Also called: Sapphic ode. an ode of several stanzas, each of the same metrical pattern

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She knew by heart no Horatian ode which, declaiming against time, could shatter the cruelty of impermanence.

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There was Robert H. Messinger, known through his Horatian ode, Give Me the Old, his fame daily expanding in fashionable and literary circles.

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I doubt if the red wine of the Horatian odes was more exhilarating to the Roman legionary than the aroma from his tin cup to the soldier of the Union.

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Nor blizzard can destroy it, nor furious rain corrode— Remember, I'm the bard that built the first Horatian ode.

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His Anacreontic and Horatian odes are far happier; among these some of his most delightful work is found.

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