ode

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a poem expressing the writer's thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject, usually written to that person or subject:

ode to It reminded me of A. E. Housman's poem "A Shropshire Lad", an ode to an athlete who dies young.

ode on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem by Keats.

a work of art, piece of writing, speech, etc. that refers to or describes something in a personal and approving way:

The play is a nostalgic ode to small-town America of the early 20th century.

The book, which took eight years to write, is an ode to those society holds in high regard.

a poem that deals with thoughts and feelings about an idea or subject and that is written in lines and stanzas (= groups of lines) varying in length