acrosstheuniverse64 wrote:And I was just wondering- does an ode always have to follow the ABABCDECDE rhyme scheme? Because I had wanted to write so much more but could not seem to ever be able to get anything to fit the CDECDE part.
No you can mix the bottom up some if you'd like for example Keats often wrote pindaric odes generally with a strophe (introduction), an antistrophe (the meat of the ode), and an epode (obviously the end). For example the rhyme scheme for "Ode to a Grechian Urn" is ababcdedce, ababcdeced already in the first two stanzas the last bit changes, this change is usually used for the transition between the three parts of the ode (strophe, antistrophe and the epode), but honestly you can use it for emphasis or just to change it up a bit to make something more intresting, or whatever.
oh the whole rhyme scheme for "Ode to a Grecian Urn" (so you don't have to look it up) is:
ababcdedce, ababcdeced, ababcdecde, ababcdecde, ababcdedce
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