1. (n.) A formal retraction\; an ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

2. (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

English sonnet Horatian ode Italian sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Pindaric ode Sapphic ode Shakespearean sonnet abjuration abjurement alba anacreontic balada ballad ballade bucolic canso chanson clerihew denial dirge disavowal disclaimer disclamation disowning disownment dithyramb eclogue elegy epic epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos expatriation forswear forswearing georgic ghazel haiku idyll jingle limerick lyric madrigal monody narrative poem nursery rhyme ode palinody pastoral pastoral elegy pastorela pastourelle poem prothalamium recall recant recantation reneging renouncement renunciation repudiation retract retractation retraction revocation revokement rhyme rondeau rondel roundel roundelay satire sestina sloka song sonnet sonnet sequence take back tanka tenso tenzone threnody triolet troubadour poem unsay unsaying verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay withdraw withdrawal