The Ode
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ScribdTranslationsWe choose a precious object and
we dedicate an ode
Purpose
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Characteristics of the Ode
One of its main characteristics is the presence of a lyrical speaker who expresses
admiration or effusively praises a certain lyrical object
The lyrical speaker presents the world from an apostrophic attitude, that is to say you will be
speaking directly to a you.
3. Odes always have titles that are 'Ode to (...)', specifying what or whom.
he will be praised, for example 'Ode to the Onion', 'Ode to Sadness', among others.
4. Express in poetic language the positive characteristics of what one desires.
to honor
5. Theme: The classification of types of odes revolves more around the content and that is why
It can be religious, heroic, philosophical, or love-themed, depending on the subject being sung.
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How to write an ode?
Brainstorming
For this, it is advisable to think of some person or object that we find truly wonderful, of which we can
write positive aspects and awaken harmonious feelings in us.
Choice of topic
Identify positive characteristics
Make a list of them in which you explore the sensations they produce in you and the feelings.
positives that awaken. If you want to make a contrast between the positive and negative elements, it is
It is fundamental that the positives are of much stronger power for the final vision of the ode.
Writing of the ode
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THE CAT
The animals were
imperfects,
long tails, sad
upside down.
Little by little they left
composing,
becoming landscape,
acquiring moles, grace, flight.
The cat,
only the cat
appeared complete
and proud:
was born completely finished, Perfection is something impossible,
walks alone and knows what he wants. however, through the verses
The man wants to be fish and bird,
the snake would like to have wings, from this poem, the poet seems that
the dog is a disoriented lion, has found it in an animal so
the engineer wants to be a poet, known as the cat. A
the fly studies to become a swallow,
the poet tries to imitate the fly, difference from other animals, the
but the cat the poet thinks that the cat is perfect
wants to be just a cat for its independence, why not
and every cat is a cat
from mustache to tail, needs another, because it knows what it is
from premonition to live rat, what he/she wants.
from the night to her golden eyes.
