ode, a lyric poem.
mel'ody (Gr. n. mel'os, a song), an agreeable succession of musical sounds.
par'ody, the alteration of the works of an author to another subject.
pros'ody, the study of versification.
psal'mody, the practice of singing psalms.
trag'edy (Gr. n. trag'os, a goat[9]), a dramatic representation of a sad or calamitous event.
EXERCISE.
The periods of astronomy go far beyond any chronology. The phonograph and the telegraph are both American inventions. By the aid of a diagram the problem was readily solved. Dr. Holmes, the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, has written many parodies. In the struggle between monarchy and democracy Mexico has often been in a state of anarchy. His antagonist suffered great agony from the disaster that occurred. The eulogy pronounced on the great zoölogist Agassiz was well deserved. What is the etymological distinction between geography and geology? The aeronaut took with him a barometer, a thermometer, and a chronometer. I owe you an apology for not better knowing your genealogy. Typography has been well called "the art preservative of all the arts." Who is called the great American lexicographer? Tautology is to be avoided by all who make any pretence to grammar. One may be a democrat without being a demagogue. You cannot be an architect without knowing geometry. Zoology shows that there is great symmetry in the structure of animals. The pretensions of astrology are now dissipated into thin air. Many persons skilled in physiology do not believe in hydropathy. Longfellow's "Evangeline" is written in hexameter, and Milton's "Paradise Lost" in pentameter.
20. ON'OMA (ονομα), a name.
anon'ymous, without a name.