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A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Anapestic pentameter hypermetric

Meter
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A pentameter line with an extra unstressed syllable, creating a hypermetrical anapestic rhythm; this adds a sense of rush, overflow, or breathlessness, often used to convey excitement or urgency.

Detailed Definition
Anapestic pentameter hypermetric: A metrical line composed of five anapestic feet (x x / x x / x x / x x / x x /) that is "hypermetric," meaning it contains an extra, unstressed syllable at the end, making it longer than a standard, "clean" line of the same foot and number of feet. This extra syllable adds a trailing, falling-off quality to the line's rhythm. The term "hypermetric" contrasts with "acatalectic," which describes a line of perfect, complete length. This metrical variation can be used for expressive effect, perhaps to elongate a line for a particular thought, create a sense of trailing off, or mimic a more conversational or hesitant speech pattern. The presence of hypermetric lines within a poem that otherwise uses a strict pentameter demonstrates how poets often introduce subtle variations to prevent a monotonous rhythm and to align the meter more closely with the nuances of natural speech or emotional tone.
Example
Example in poetry:
Anapestic pentameter hypermetric exceeds standard length; e.g., a line with five anapests plus an extra unstressed syllable: “And the waves kept crashing on the lonely shore now,” adding a trailing syllable for emphasis.
Additional Notes
Hypermetric anapestic pentameter adds an extra unstressed syllable at line end, creating a feminine ending. Compare with standard anapestic pentameter. Often used to vary rhythm or emphasize closure in narrative verse.
Also Known As
Extended anapestic pentameter Extra-syllable five-foot Hypermetric anapestic pentameter
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