Poetic Form
Pindaric Ode
Pindar (522–443 BC) composed odes for athletic victors at Greek games. Ben Jonson and later Cowley (irregularly) brought the form to English; it demands elaborate prosodic architecture.
Definition
A celebratory ode modelled on Pindar, built in three-part stanzas (strophe, antistrophe, epode) of great metrical complexity.
Example
Thomas Gray's 'The Progress of Poesy' (1757) imitates Pindaric structure.