Pindaric ode

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Pindaric ode

An ode in the form used by Pindar, consisting of a series of triads in which the strophe and antistrophe have the same stanza form and the epode has a different form.

Pindaric ode

(Literature / Poetry) a form of ode associated with Pindar consisting of a triple unit or groups of triple units, with a strophe and an antistrophe of identical structure followed by an epode of a different structure Often shortened to Pindaric

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Pindaric ode - an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units

Pindaric

ode - a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

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