Ode

:This article is about the poetic and musical form of ode. For ordinary differential equations (abbr. ODE), see differential equation. For the politican nicknamed Ode, see Osmo Soininvaara.

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Ode is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three parts - the strophe, the antistrophe and the epode but different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode exist.

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There were two great divisions of the Greek melos or song; the one the personal utterance of the poet, the other, the choric song of his band of trained dancers. Each of these culminated in what have been called odes, but the former, in the hands of Alcaeus, Anacreon and Sappho, came closer to what modern criticism knows as lyric, pure and simple. On the other hand, the choir-song, in which the poet spoke for himself, but always supported, or interpreted, by a chorus, led up to what is now known as ode proper. It was Alcman, as is supposed, who first gave to his poems a strophic arrangement, and the strophe has come to be essential to an ode. Stesichorus, Ibycus and Simonides of Ceos led the way to the two great masters of ode among the ancients, Pindar and Bacchylides.

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Differential equation: In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation in which the derivatives of a function appear as variables. Differential equations have many applications in physics and chemistry, and are widespread in mathematical models explaining biological, social, and economic phenomena....

Osmo Soininvaara: Osmo Heikki Kristian Soininvaara (born 2 September 1951) is a Finnish politician. He served as Minister of Basic Services in Lipponen's second cabinet between 14 April 2000 and 19 April 2002. He was the leader of the Finnish Green League party from 2001 to 2005....

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