Ode Me Ode My!

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Ode Me Ode My!

• Creating tone in a poem

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What is an Ode?

• a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation (to
  elevate by praise or in estimation glorify) of
  feeling and style
• varying length of line
• contains stanzas (which are spaced apart, just
  like a paragraph in prose)

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Plain English Definition of an Ode

• A poem that praises someone or something for
  which the author has strong feelings
• The poem can be in a variety of forms
• free verse (running conversation)
• rhythms and rhyme (metered)
• or no rhymes (meter)

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Ode to My Hair Clippie

• A 10 year friendship I had with you.
• So springie, so youthful.
• You made me a movie star.
• You never judged me, even when I didnt wash my
  hair.
• A silent friend, you never told me you were
  there.
• How can I forget your loyalty? You always stuck
  with me.
• Was it not you that kept my hair dry when I
  frolicked in the pool?
• Your days were numbered, though, for you were
  only made of plastic.
• I have searched far and wide, but I will never
  find another quite like you.
• I miss you, dear friend, my dear hair clippie.

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Ode to My Mom

• My mom, the one who nourished me when I was
  young.The one who held me when I cried and who
  wiped my tears.The one who tucked me in when
  the nights were long.The one who cut her
  long golden brown locks of hair so I would
  not hide in them when I was shy.She who
  gave me life when I was lifelessand the one who
  loves me most of all.
•                                      -- Theana,
  seventh grade

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Ode to Mother Earth

• In outer space, you look like a beautiful blue
  ballspinning so gracefully.On your orbit around
  the sun,You look as if you are spinning
  througha circular river of sunlight.Your rocky
  surface is your skin.Your trees are your
  fingersreaching for the moonthat you may never
  catch.Your tears are the rainfall that gives
  lifeto all plants and animals.Your oceans feed
  the cloudsthat provide the tears of life.And
  your mountains are where I long to bebecause
  that is where I see your beauty best.
•                                          --
  Devin, fifth grade

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Ode to Sleep

• Happiness you give,you give me a new life,you
  give my limbs a massage.When I am with you, I
  think of all thingsno one has knownthat are
  even new to me.You let me think up my life, my
  future,you help me so much.I owe you so much
  for your ideas,your time.Yes, you renew my life
  with the energy you give.You are my other
  world,my best world, my favorite world.
•           -- Catherine, sixth grade

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Ode to My Skateboardby Matt Theisen

• It is long and rough on the top but smooth on
  the bottom when it is new. It gives me a good
  time and gives me much to look forward to. It
  moves quickly down the road As I push faster and
  faster and it flips under my feet. It gets beat
  up, and when it breaks it must be put away. But
  it holds me up and keeps me going and it lasts
  as long as dirt.

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Ode to a pair of socksby Pablo Neruda
My feet weretwo woolenfishin those outrageous
socks,two gangly,navy-blue sharksimpaledon a
golden thread,two giant blackbirds,two
cannonsthuswere my feethonoredbythoseheaven
lysocks.They wereso beautiful . . .

• Maru Mori brought mea pairof socksthat she
  knit with hershepherd's hands.Two socks as
  softas rabbit fur.I thrust my feetinside
  themas if they weretwolittle boxesknitfrom
  threadsof sunsetand sheepskin. . .

. . .I stretchedmy feet forwardand pulled
onthosegorgeoussocks,and over themmy
shoes.So this isthe moral of my odebeauty is
beautytwice overand good things are
doublygoodwhen you're talking about a pair of
woolsocksin the dead of winter.
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Ode to Pizzaby Michael Sykes

• Pizza is my favorite snack,
• Now what do you think of that?
• Crust so warm and soft and chewy,
• Cheese so tasty, scrumptious, gooey.
• Hot in a box or on my plate,
• Either way I just cant wait,
• To get my hands upon a slice,
• To taste it now would be so nice.
• Like nectar from the gods of old,
• It tastes so good Ill eat it cold.
• When life is hard and I get down,
• When on my face I wear a frown,
• Only Pizza makes it right,

Restore my faith in all thats true, With a dose
of cheesy goo, Give me Pizza, give it now, If
you dont I dont know how, Ill ever live in
harmony, Without my Pizza ecstasy. But where to
get my Pizza snack, Ill tell you where, just
where its at. To Round Table you should go, If
you didnt already know. To feast upon their
luscious pies For they take Pizza to new highs I
love Pizza, thats a fact, Now what do you think
of that?
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To The Fallen Hero

• To The Fallen Hero  Every day I live, I remember
  the sacrifice Every day I live, I ensure its
  not in vain For those who gave their all You
  shall live again through me My solemn vow you
  are forever now This may be the last we see our
  hero This is an oath to the fallen heroes This
  is an ode to the ones we lost This was then and
  now, The last days before return The memory
  will not be silenced or erased In the glory of
  your worth

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Steps for Writing an Ode

• An ode is a poem that tells, in an original way,
  what is  good or unique about a subject and why
  the writer likes it so much.  Select a subject to
  write about  choose a person, place, or thing.
• Write phrases describing
• What your subject is like
• How your subject makes you feel
• Explain why your subject is important to you 
• Join some of your phrases into lines for your
  ode. 
• Remember they don't have to  rhyme!  

• http//www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/mvm/netlinks/1ode/writi
  nganode.html

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STEP 1 BRAINSTORM

• Jot down your thoughts.
• What your subject is like?
• How your subject makes you feel?
• Why you feel this way?
• Explain why your subject is important to you
• Describe your subjects looks
• Describe a few unique qualities about your
  subject
• What can you hear see, hear, feel, taste, smell
  about your subject? (sensory description)
• Decide how many stanzas you want for each area of
  focus you are considering.

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STEP 2 Write some basic sentences

• Use the info from your brainstorming

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STEP 3 Add figurative language

• Change some of your basic sentences into
  figurative language sentences.
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia

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STEP 4 Put it all together!

• Take away any lines that are too similar.
• Decide the order of the sentences for your ode.
  (Pick a good opening line or sentence.)
• Be sure you are writing lines of poetry and not
  prose.
• Make sure to include the sentences with
  figurative language or sensory detail!
• Decide if you want to write with meter or free
  verse(You may or may not rhyme it, even though
  it has rhythm.)
• Select a good closing line that clearly expresses
  your feelings about the subject.
• Rewrite your ode in a final draft and add an
  illustration.

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ODE Requirements!

• Title
• Author (you!)
• Correct spelling
• At least 4 examples of figurative language
• Tone is clear
• 10 lines or 75 words or more
• Theme or central idea running through poem
• Illustrated with color
• Neatness!