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The pindaric came to be commonly used for complimentary poems on births, weddings and funerals. Although the vogue of these forms hardly survived the age of Queen Anne , something of the tradition still remained, and even in the odes of Wordsworth , Shelley and Coleridge the broken versification of Cowley's pindarics occasionally survives.
For other uses, see Bard (disambiguation). Title-page of The Bard illustrated by William Blake, c. 1798 The Bard. A Pindaric Ode (1757) is a poem by Thomas Gray, set at the time of Edward I's conquest of Wales. Inspired partly by his researches into medieval history and literature, partly by his discovery of Welsh harp music, it was itself a potent influence on future generations of poets and ...
Pindaric odes follow the form and style of Pindar. Horatian odes follow conventions of Horace; the odes of Horace deliberately imitated the Greek lyricists such as Alcaeus and Anacreon. Irregular odes use rhyme, but not the three-part form of the Pindaric ode, nor the two- or four-line stanza of the Horatian ode. The ode is a lyric poem.
The stanzas are irregular, and both line length and the rhyming pattern vary. Early editions misunderstood the pindaric vagaries of the Threnodia and are sometimes erratic in using indentation to indicate metrical units. [9] In its first year alone, the poem went through three London editions and one Dublin edition. [10]
The Odes of Pindar, including the Principal Fragments. Loeb Classical Library. New York: The Macmillan Co. pp. 82– 93. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Olympian 13, 'For Xenophon of Corinth', is an ode by the 5th century BC Greek poet Pindar. [1] Background. Silver stater of Corinth, 478–458 BC. Pegasus.
Olympian 9, 'For Epharmostus of Opus', is an ode by the 5th century BC Greek poet Pindar. [1] Background ... The Odes of Pindar, including the Principal Fragments ...