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Epitaph vs Ode - What's the difference?

epitaph | ode |

As nouns the difference between epitaph and ode

is that epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased while ode is a short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

As a verb epitaph

is to write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

epitaph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
  • A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • The common in their speeches epitaph upon him "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
  • To commemorate by an epitaph.
  • * G. Harvey
    • Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.

    See also

    * eulogy – oration about the dead, often at funeral * obituary – published writing on the dead * epigraph – quote on a tombstone

    ode

    English

    (wikipedia ode)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
    • Ode on a Grecian Urn —Keats

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