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An ode is a rhymed lyric of Greek origin, in a form of an address, expressing admiration for a person or a certain event. It is generally dignified or exalted in subject and style and is chracterised by lofty sentiments and thoughts. William Collins’s “Ode to Simplicity” is a poem praising and glorifying aesthetic and classic simplicity. The speaker of the poem is a poet who exalts the simplicity of classic art. It is a 1st person speaker. The addressee of the poem is Simplicity. The poet uses apostrophes: “O thou by Nature taught”, or “O chaste unboastful nymph, to thee I call!” The poem is a kind of manifesto. Its subject is poetry and it is dedicated to Greek and pastoral poetry. The most important elements in Greek literature were harmony, nature, simplicity, beauty and truth, which were considered as equal and necessary important. They believed that something, which is harmonious and simple, is beautiful. The harmony was represented by numbers. The ode begins with the apostrophe to simplicity: “O thou by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought, In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong;” In