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Ode Definition - for adult reference

Odes

Poems written in the praise of a particular thing or person. Express strong emotion (lyric poems). Often address the subject of their poem ('Oh Olive...'). Often formal and elaborate in language choice. Employ imagery (adjectives, similes, metaphor) and hyperbole for effect. Can be regular or irregular in rhyme scheme and rhythm.

Poetry Performance tips - checklist for adult reference

Speak clearly - appropriate volume, speed & enunciation Face audience and make eye-contact Use non-verbal techniques such as actions, body position, facial expression Use voice for effect - try varying tone, volume, choral/individual Learn the poem to allow a more dynamic performance Try to judge how the performance is being received through audience cues

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What is an ode?

A form of poem which praises something or someone They often speak to their subject They use formal, emotional language They build strong images They use hyperbole (exaggeration)

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Poetry Terms

Stanzas - groups of lines – a little like paragraphsRhythm - the beat of a poem – can be regular or irregularRhyme - using words having the same sound, can be the whole word or the last syllable (cheese/please)Alliteration - using words starting with the same soundSimile - describing something, using 'as' or 'like'Metaphor - describing something as being something elseOnomatopoeia - using words which make the sound they representHyperbole – exaggeration for effect

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Spaghetti Spaghetti!

Spaghetti! Spaghetti!you're wonderful stuff,I love you spaghetti,I can't get enough.You're covered with sauceand you're sprinkled with cheese,spaghetti! spaghetti!oh, give me some please.

Spaghetti! Spaghetti!piled high in a mound,you wiggle, you wriggle,you squiggle around.There's slurpy spaghettiall over my plate,spaghetti! spaghetti!I think you are great.

Spaghetti! spaghetti!I love you a lot,you're slishy, you're sloshy,delicious and hot,I gobble you downoh, I can't get enough,spaghetti! spaghetti!you're wonderful stuff.

Jack Prelutsky

p. 60 The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems

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Discussion Prompt

Read the poems aloud to yourself then discuss these questions with your group

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How can you tell they are odes?

Which words and phrases stand outwhen you read them? Can you say why?

Annotate the poem so you will remember the words you have chosen.

What poetry features can you find in the odes?

Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, alliteration, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia,

hyperbole - What impact do they have?

Which ode is your favourite?

Explain why you have chosen it. Does everyone agree?

Who or what are the odes about?

Are they written to the subject? How can you tell?

Oh apple pie I love you,

I love your crunchy crust;

And if my mum would let me,

I'd eat you till I bust.

John Cunliffe

Extract from Soggy Greensp. 59

The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems

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Ode to an Olive

Oh Olive,

You are as precious to me as any gem,

With your beautiful, pure skin as smooth as silk

And as green as the grass in summertime.

I love your taste and the smell of your tender fruit

Which hides beneath your green armour.

Olive, sweet, tasty Olive,

How I love you so and my mealtimes wouldn't be the same

If you weren't in my life.

Oh Olive,

Nothing can compare to you, nothing at all,

You are food of the gods, a king's riches

And, most importantly, you are mine, oh Olive!

Poet Unknown

Retrieved from: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-ode

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Ode to Marbles

I love the sound of marbles

scattered on the worn wooden floor,

like children running away in a game of hide-and-seek.

I love the sight of white marbles,

blue marbles,

green marbles, black,

new marbles, old marbles,

iridescent marbles,

with glass-ribboned swirls,

dancing round and round.

I love the feel of marbles,

cool, smooth,

rolling freely in my palm,

like smooth-sided stars

that light up the worn world.

Max Mendelsohn

Retrieved from: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181578

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Ode To a Chestnut on the Ground

From bristly foliageyou fellcomplete, polished wood, gleaming mahogany,as perfectas a violin newlyborn of the treetops,that fallingoffers its sealed-in gifts,the hidden sweetnessthat grew in secretamid birds and leaves,a model of form,kin to wood and flour,an oval instrumentthat holds within itintact delight, an edible rose.

In the heights you abandonedthe sea-urchin burrthat parted its spinesin the light of the chestnut tree;through that slityou glimpsed the world,birdsbursting with syllables,starrydewbelow,the heads of boysand girls,grasses stirring restlessly,smoke rising, rising.

Pablo Neruda

An extract from Ode to a ChestnutRetrieved from: http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/8527/ode_to_a_chestnut_on_the_ground

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Writing an Ode - teacher reference

Example Poem using the notes from last session

Oh glorious ice-bun,You are a fresh, delight.Your pale-pink icing is like a cloud of sweetness.I love the way your warm dough, squishes between my fingers.When I taste your soft sweetness my heart fills with magic.You are the food of the gods.

Reflect & Improve

Oh glorious ice-bun,You are a fresh, delicious delight.Dearest iced-bun,Your pale-pink icing is like a cloud of sticky sweetness.I love the way your warm dough, squishes between my fingers.My own ice-bun,Your icing is draped like an amazing tablecloth,Hiding the glorious dome underneath.When I taste your soft sweetness my heart fills with magic.You are the food of the gods.And, most importantly, you are mine, oh iced-bun!

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Ode-writing tips - for adult reference to adapt and display

Greet your food grandly. Describe the food using 'You' (2nd person) – adjectives/noun phrases! Compare the food to something that makes it seem amazing (simile/metaphor). Tell the subject something that you love about it. Tell the food how eating it makes you feel. End with hyperbole - an over the top exclamation.

Reflect & improve - to adapt & share after 1st drafts

Reread ode and look for places to develop powerful images: e.g. add/improve alliteration, adjectives, onomatopoeia, simile/metaphor).

Choose one or two more ideas and slot them where they will sound effective. Read the whole ode through again to listen to its impact. Magpie (Pie Corbet term for 'borrowing good ideas') the last line from An ode to an Olive.

Ideas Bank Builder - EXAMPLE TO MODEL

Collect and develop lots of ideas. Choose the best for your ode.

My ode is written to

an iced bun

Powerful Adjectives

soft, bouncy, light, bright pink, baby-pink, pale dough, warm dough, fresh, sweet, sweeter, fluffy, smooth, amazing, glorious, delicious

Greeting opener

Oh iced-bun

Dearest iced-bun

My own iced-bun

Alliteration & Onomatopoeia

soft sweetness

pale, pink icing

Squish, lick

Line openers

You are...

I love the way you...

Only you could be so ...

When I taste you I...

Similes & Metaphors

as soft as a cushion

icing draped like a sheet

a cloud of sweetness

Hyperbole

I dream of you every night angels sing songs in your honour

you are the food of the gods I could eat you till I burst

You are dearer to me than air your magic fills my plate

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Ideas Bank Builder

Collect and develop lots of ideas. Choose the best for your ode.

My ode is written to Powerful Adjectives

Greeting opener Alliteration & Onomatopoeia

Line openers Similes & Metaphors

Hyperbole

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Ideas Bank Builder - support

Collect and develop lots of ideas. Choose the best for your ode.

My ode is written to Powerful Adjectives (describing words)

Greeting opener

Oh _____________

Dearest ____________

My own ________

Alliteration & Onomatopoeia

Line openers

You are...

I love the way you...

When I taste you I...

Similes & Metaphors

Hyperbole

I dream of you ...

You are the food of ...

You are dearer to me than...

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Oh

You are

You are like

I love the way you

When I taste you, I

You are

And, most importantly, you are mine, ohOde Strips Unit 1 Day 4

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