Editing Ode (section)

=== Pindaric Odes ===
Pindaric odes, also called Greek odes, follow the form and style of the Ancient Greek poet [[Pindar]]. These employ a tripartite structure, consisting of the ''[[strophe]]'', the ''[[antistrophe]]'', and the ''[[epode]]''.

In Ancient Greece, odes would have been performed on a stage to musical accompaniment. The chorus (or performers of the ode) would deliver the strophe from one side of the stage, then move to the opposite side to deliver the antistrophe, and finally to centerstage for the epode.

This is reflected the three-part nature of the ode: the strophe sets up a theme, the antistrophe balances it with a contrary perspective, and the epode summarises.

Pindaric odes do not follow strict metrical conventions, meaning they are often irregular in their rhyme and line length. However, the strophe and antistrophe are typically identical in structure, with the epode varying the form.

[[William Wordsworth|William Wordsworth's]] ''[[Ode: Intimations of Immortality|Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood]]'' (1807) and [[Thomas Gray|Thomas Gray's]] ''The Progress of Poesy:'' ''A Pindaric Ode'' (1757) are both written in the Pindaric style. 

Gray's ''[[The Bard (poem)|The Bard: A Pindaric Ode]]'' (1757) is a Pindaric ode where the three-part structure is thrice repeated, yielding a longer poem of nine [[Stanza|stanzas]].