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Idyll vs Ode - What's the difference?

idyll | ode |

As nouns the difference between idyll and ode

is that idyll is any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls 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.

idyll

English

Alternative forms

* idyl

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of .
  • An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
  • (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. .

    • Related terms

    * idyllic * idyllical * idyllically * idyllist, idylist

    See also

    * ("idyll" on Wikipedia)

    References

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    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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