John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' example below uses the rhyme scheme of ABABCDECDE, which defines the shape of the ode as 10 lines per stanza. However, 'Ode to a Skylark' by Percy Bysshe Shelley is also a Horatian ode, but differs in its rhyme scheme: ABABB, and stanza length, 5 lines.Jun 14, 2011read more >>