Ben Jonson wrote one to himself

The answer

ODE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ODE answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ODE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ODE, most used first.

• Poem of praise - used 492 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic tribute - used 212 times, most recently in 2026
• Lyric poem - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
• Praiseful poem - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
• Praise in verse - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribute in verse - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats work - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to Joy" - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats creation - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated poem - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem. - used 61 times, most recently in 2014
• Poem of homage - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Beethoven's "___ to Joy" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar poem - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Laudatory poem - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats poem - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Poetic form - used 48 times, most recently in 2019
• Rhyming tribute - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to Billie Joe" - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic homage - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Wordsworth work - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley work - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Laudatory lines - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "To a ..." poem - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Horatian creation - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ on a Grecian Urn" - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Tribute poem - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of praise - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated verse - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem of tribute - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated lines - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar work - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar product - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Laudatory verse - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty lines - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical tribute - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty poem - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic praise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated work - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to a Nightingale" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Exalted poem - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Homage in verse - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyric work - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Verse form - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Lofty verse - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Canticle - used 22 times, most recently in 2004
• Poem type - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic paean - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ to Billy Joe" - used 22 times, most recently in 2011
• Verse of praise - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical lines - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Praising poem - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Pindaric - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Schiller's "___ to Joy" - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Horatian work - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Lyrical poem - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Many a poem by Keats - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindaric poem - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "To Autumn," e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Tribute, of sorts - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Celebratory poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalted work - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Metrical tribute - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Praise-filled poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicatory verse - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Lines of praise - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary tribute - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic work - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• "To a . . ." work - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Lyric. - used 13 times, most recently in 1968
• "___ to a Nightingale" (Keats poem) - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalted verse - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalting poem - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty lyric - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Pindar specialty - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Praiseful verse - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Elevated lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Flowery verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Glorifying verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Poem form - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to My Right Knee" (Rita Dove poem) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicatory poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Keats composition - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Keats offering - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Metrical homage - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ on a Grecian Urn" (Keats poem) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• The Cranberries' "___ to My Family" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ to the West Wind" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Words from Wordsworth - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Work of praise - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Commemorative poem - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Epinicion - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Literary form. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• Lyric verse - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Pindar piece - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Pindaric work - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Poem with a dedicatee - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rhapsodic rhyme - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Flattering poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Flowery poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Horace work - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Keats piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Keats specialty - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Keats verse - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Kind of poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Lyrical work - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Plaint for "Billie Joe" - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Poem full of praise - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem of exaltation - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sappho creation - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• "To a Skylark," for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Tribute in rhyme - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Tribute of a sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Wordsworth's "___ to Duty" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Written tribute - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Celebratory verse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Celebratory work - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Exalting verse - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Laudatory work - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lofty tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyric tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Parabasis - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Poem intended to be sung - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Poem of devotion - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Poem that praises - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley poem - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ to Psyche" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Tribute of a kind - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Tribute piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Verse of tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Verse on a vase - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Versified tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Commemorative writing - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Inspired poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Keats opus - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Lit crit poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Pindar verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Poem of admiration - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Praiseful piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Reverent poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley selection - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ to My Family" (Cranberries hit) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ to My Socks" (Pablo Neruda poem) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tribute - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribute with stanzas - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Uplifting poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Words of honor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Work of exaltation - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Work of Horace - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Work of Sappho - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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