So named because it is the form in which epic poetry of heroic exploits is generally written, its rhyme scheme is abab , composed in ten-syllable iambic verse in English, hexameter in Greek and Latin, ottava rima in Italian. Heteronyms are words which are identical in spelling but different in meaning and pronunciation, as sow, to scatter seed, and sow, a female hog. Homographs are words which are identical in spelling but different in meaning and derivation or pronunciation, as pine, to yearn for, and pine, a tree, or the bow of a ship and a bow and arrow. An ode relating to or resembling the works or style of the Roman poet, Horace, consisting of a series of uniform stanzas, complex in their metrical system and rhyme scheme . The Greek form is called an Aeolic ode.
Horatian odes are characteristically less elaborate and more restrained than Pindaric odes .
A mock-heroic humorous poem written in octosyllabic couplets , after Hudibras , a satirical poem by Samuel Butler. A song or ode of praise, usually addressed to gods, but sometimes to abstractions such as Truth, Justice, or Fortune. While the cock . Specific types of hyperbaton are anastrophe , hypallage , and hysteron proteron . Not intended to be taken literally, it is used as a means of emphasizing the truth of a statement.