Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Pindar, one of the first of Greek lyric poets (about 522 to 448
b. c. ), or resembling or characteristic of his style. - noun An ode in imitation of the odes of Pindar; an ode in irregular or constantly changing meter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Pindar - noun An
ode of an irregular form erroneously derived fromPindar , popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units
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Examples
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Many of these complex stanzaic forms, moreover, belong in the tradition of the so-called Pindaric ode, imitated freely from the Greek choric odes of Pindar.
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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Passing over a number of years, we find him, in 1730, publishing a so-called Pindaric ode, _Imperium Pelagi; a Naval Lyric_, in the preface to which he declares with characteristic italics: "_Trade_ is a very _noble_ subject in itself; more _proper_ than any for an Englishman; and particularly _seasonable_ at this juncture."
The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914
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Cowley, failing to perceive that Pindar's apparent lawlessness was due to the corruption of the Greek text and to the modern ignorance of the rules of Greek choral music, made his English "Pindaric" odes an outlet for rebellion against all stanzaic law.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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To understand the "Pindaric" English ode, we must remember that a few scholars, like Ben Jonson, Congreve and Gray, took peculiar pleasure in reproducing the general effect of the Greek strophic arrangement of
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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But the great popularity of the so-called "Pindaric" ode in English in the seventeenth century was due to Cowley, and to one of those periodic loyalties to lawlessness which are characteristic of the English.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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The rhymes of his earlier books have all but disappeared, though not his use of iambic meter and classical forms (which include, in this book, Pindaric odes).
Are You Smart Enough to Understand Geoffrey Hill? « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007
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The rhymes of his earlier books have all but disappeared, though not his use of iambic meter and classical forms (which include, in this book, Pindaric odes).
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“How fine that is!” exclaimed the hair-dresser, in Pindaric accents,
Les Miserables 2008
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Heidegger cannot read the alternating tones of Hölderlin's hymn because he ignores the poem's Pindaric triadic structure and simply cuts off the fragmentary lines that would have constituted the strophes of the poem's end — that is, makes the poem "whole" by truncating it.
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Seest thou, Raleigh, thy friend is far too Pindaric for this presence.
Kenilworth 2004
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