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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

Home › Glossary › Letter A

Andred

Arthurian Legend
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

Andred is Tristan's cousin who aids in Cornish court intrigues in Arthurian legend.

Detailed Definition
In Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and Tristan romances, Andred underscores loyalty and betrayal themes within familial alliances. His role adds subplot depth. In poetry, Andred represents kinship's complexities, inspiring verses on intrigue and fidelity.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur," poetically adapted, Andred aids in court intrigues as Tristan's cousin, inspiring lines like "Andred whispers in shadowed hall, plotting love's inevitable fall."; A poet could use Andred to symbolize kinship betrayal, as in "Cousin Andred, with envious eye, seals the fate 'neath Cornish sky," educating on romantic entanglements.; Hypothetically, in a sonnet, Andred represents subplot depth: "Andred's schemes in Tristan's tale, weave a web where lovers pale," teaching narrative complexity.; Educational examples might include Andred as a foil, with "Andred, kin yet foe concealed, in legend's weave his role revealed," demonstrating character dynamics.; In poetry exploring fidelity, Andred could be "Andred's tongue, a venomous dart, pierces true love's beating heart," highlighting intrigue.; Poets might evoke Andred's role in tragedy with "Andred spies on whispered vows, hastening doom that fate allows," exploring betrayal themes.
Additional Notes
Andred, Tristan's cousin in Malory and romances, aids intrigues, underscoring loyalty and betrayal in Cornish courts. Poetically, represent kinship complexities for sonnets on fidelity; related to Tristan-Isolde love triangle; tip: use whispering shadows imagery for subplot depth.
Also Known As
Andredesweald Andredsweald
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