Ode To A Large Tuta Summary

Comparing the Odes of Common Topics

An ode is “a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion”, according to Dictionary.com. An ode usually addresses a serious subject, but there are many odes in the poetry world that do not follow this unspoken rule. Two of these rebel odes are titled “Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market” by Pablo Neruda and “Ode to a Charizard at the Park” by Ariel Largen. Both of these poems describe rather common and bland occurrences in serious and dramatic ways.While both of these odes are used to exaggerate everyday occurrences in similar ways, the two poems use figurative language differently and address different subjects.

In the two poems, both authors use similar structures and

Neruda’s poem addresses a common idea in an earlier period of time and was written in the nineteen-hundreds, while Largen’s ode addresses a concept that that is relatively new and written in two thousand seventeen. Pokémon and fish are not alike, but these two differing ideas do not make the poems very different. Neruda uses more figurative language in his poem, mainly similes and metaphors. Neruda’s ode contains five similes and eight metaphors, such as referring to the tuna as “this torpedo” and comparing it to ”a grieving arrow,/ sea-javelin, a nerveless/ oiled harpoon”, while Largen’s poem only has seven metaphors and no similes (3, 49-51). Largen uses weaker metaphors which carry less weight than Neruda’s language, such as calling a Charizard “this monster” and calling a pokéball a “fated/ dungeon” (3, 25-26). Neruda uses words with deeper connotations than the words in Largen’s piece, such as “survived/ the unknown…”(Neruda 17-18) compared to “heartbroken”(Largen 21). Neruda’s ode contrasts with Largen’s ode because of Neruda’s usage of strong language and simplistic