The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "ode" poetic form. Short examples included.

Online text to nine of his odes. Links are provided at the top of the page for access to each ode.

This single-stanza poem tells a story from the poet's imagined news story.

In "We're Going Skiing", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from I Hope I Don't Strike Out!'s poem by Eric Ode, students will dramatize a poem about a child who gets a surprise when she goes skiing.

This site contains 22 poems written by John Keats and some biographical information about him. The titles of the poems link to their full text.

This site contains the poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn," by John Keats. Also contains notes on the poem.

Read this four-stanza poem about a mouse that helps you work your computer.

A brief overview of John Keats life and poetry in the English Romantic movement. Uses several lines from Keats' poem "To Autumn" as an example of the writing of the early 1800s.

Read Edgar Allan Poe's brief poetic fragment "Queen of May Ode."

This site from the Academy of American Poets offers a biography, a photograph and the poem ODE TO A DRESSMAKER'S DUMMY, by Donald Justice. This site also contain the audio of this poem read by Mr. Justice.

Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.

This site provides a biography of Thomas Moore, Irish poet and friend of Lord Byron. Content is interspersed with excerpts from his more renowned poems.

Full text of a number of Wordsworth's famous poems is available here, along with an abbreviated biography of his lengthy life.

A biographical note about John Keats, with links to information about several of his most famous poems ("Hyperion" and "Ode to a Nightingale," among them).

A few of Andrew Marvell's poems are offered here in full text, along with a very brief biographical sketch.

Shelley's controversial life is briefly sketched here, and the full text of a number of his poems is included.

An Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece discussing his style of poetry. For the full article, get a free trial!

A general biography of Qintus Horatius Flaccus, better known as Horace, an outstanding lyric poet and satirist.

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

Clickable list to the full texts of selected poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt, including his songs, sonnets, odes, epigrams, and satires.