The term comes from the Greek for "sing," and the first ones were probably written as choral pieces in Greek drama. The oldest surviving ones were written by Alcman. Andrew Marvell's is written in the Horatian manner "upon Cromwell's Return from London." Pindaric ones have been written by Ben Jonson, John Milton, and Thomas Gray. FTP, identify this
The term comes from the Greek for "sing," and the first ones were probably written as choral pieces in Greek drama. The oldest surviving ones were written by Alcman. Andrew Marvell's is written in the Horatian manner "upon Cromwell's Return from London." Pindaric ones have been written by Ben Jonson, John Milton, and Thomas Gray. FTP, identify this type of ceremonious poem also associated with John Keats.
The term comes from the Greek for "sing," and the first ones were probably written as choral pieces in Greek drama.
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