Question

What is a main difference between an ode and an elegy?

Answer 1

The correct Answer is...

C. An ode has complex rhyming patterns, while an elegy generally does not.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C: An ode has complex rhyming patterns, while an elegy generally does not.

Explanation:

Odes and elegies are both lyrical poems of Greek origin, who diverge from one another in everything but their origin. While odes were created in order to exalt, or revere, a situation, a person, a character trait, elegies were sorrowful poems that wished to exalt the grief for the dead, or for a bad situation. In structure, there is also a big difference between the two types of poems. In ode, we have three different structural styles to choose from to build one: Pindaric, Horatian and irregular. In elegies, however, there is no given structure, which makes it easier for a poet to build them as they have more freedom to construct than in odes.