An Ode to the Patent Code

By Yehuda Berlinger, via Dennis Crouch's Patently-O Blog:

These verses are part
Thirty five of the code
Of the U. S. of A.
Written down as an ode . . . .

An ode is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three parts - the strophe, the antistrophe and the epode but different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode exist.

The Ode to the Copyright Code here.