What is a Horatian Ode poem?

A Horatian Ode is a poem with meter and rhyme. It is devoted to praising a person, animal or object.

The structure of a Horatian Ode poem

Abab cdecde

Start Of The School Week

Trudging to school on a cold, dreary morning,	a
It's only Monday, this week is going to be long,	b
So tired, I'm still yawning,	a
This feeling hardly makes me break into song,	b
A week of learning stretches out ahead,	c
The teacher's at the front, the first lesson's art,	d
We make it to lunch and I still feel sad,	e
Really would love to go back to bed,	c
But Friday rolls around and it's time to depart,	d
It's then I realise, school isn't that bad.	e

Why don't you try writing a Horatian Ode poem and enter it into one of our poetry competitions.

For information on poetry types other than a Horatian Ode visit our poetry glossary – poetry types.

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