<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d2b40aa2-3d2c-48b5-ad73-ec47d100e462/DC9361EF-F182-4000-BA26-6AFF1F9DB044/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.poetryfeast.com/writing/write-an-ode/" href="http://www.poetryfeast.com/writing/write-an-ode/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.poetryfeast.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poetryfeast.com/writing/write-an-ode/"><DIV id="post-1774" class="post"> <H2><A title="Permanent Link to Write an Ode" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.poetryfeast.com/writing/write-an-ode/">Write an Ode</A></H2> <DIV class="entry"> <P>An ode poem usually has no set meter, though it will have a rhyming pattern. Odes usually extoll the virtues of an individual, often after their death, however take a look at some of the <A href="http://www.poetryfeast.com/index.php?s=ode&cat=27">ode poems by Pablo Neruda.</A></p> <DIV><P> </P></DIV><P>The ode has traditionally been seen as a form associated with ideas - love, joy etc. Neruda has turned this idea around, creating odes based around everyday objects that are under appreciated.</p> <P>This can be a novel new way to write if you are searching for inspiration for your next poem. Your ode can be about anything - try and find a mundane object and view it a new light. Appreciate it’s underappreciated qualities and try and see what these could mean.</p> <P>For example, ‘ode to the knife’ would be expected to be a very dark poem, but you could try and find other angles from which to view this. A knife is also a very useful everyday tool. </p> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DC9361EF-F182-4000-BA26-6AFF1F9DB044/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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