(Horatian-ode-style poem)
I do not have another friend!
You are my only friend, my dear!
Why did our tie abruptly end?
My soul is dampened with sour tears! But wait there’s more!
* Horatian-ode-style poems
“Ode” comes from the Greek aeidein, meaning to sing or chant, and belongs to the long and varied tradition of lyric poetry. Originally accompanied by music and dance, and later reserved by the Romantic poets to convey their strongest sentiments, the ode can be generalized as a formal address to an event, a person, or a thing not present.
The Horatian ode, named for the Roman poet Horace, is generally tranquil, intimate and contemplative; they are often addressed to a friend and deal with friendship, love, and the practice of poetry. Less formal, less ceremonious, and better suited to quiet reading than theatrical production, the Horatian ode typically uses a regular, recurrent stanza pattern (such as short lyric poem written in stanzas of two or four lines) in which all stanzas are structured in the same pattern at the discretion of the poet (rhyme, meter, number of lines etc.)
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