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Are there odes that don't rhyme?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Normally, an ode (which refers to a poetic tribute to a person or thing) is written in rhyme, for example the famous "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats. But you may have seen odes that have been translated from one language into another. Sometimes, a poem did rhyme in its original language, but when it is translated, it makes more sense if it is left unrhymed. This is true in some translations of Greek or Chinese odes-- making them rhyme might sound artificial or awkward in English, so the translator does not attempt to force them to rhyme.

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