A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

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

Apparent echo

Sound
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 conspicuous repetition of sounds—such as words, phrases, or phonemes—that creates an echo-like effect for emphasis or musicality.

Detailed Definition
A sophisticated poetic device wherein different words create the illusion of repetition through similar phonetic qualities rather than actual word duplication. Unlike true echo or repetition which uses identical words, apparent echo employs phonetically similar but distinct terms that suggest recurrence through sound alone. This technique creates a haunting, ghostly effect as readers perceive repetition that isn't literally present. The sonic mirage can enhance thematic meanings related to memory, resemblance, or the slippery nature of language itself, making it particularly effective in poems exploring consciousness, perception, or the boundaries between similarity and identity.
Example
Example in poetry:
When a word or phrase seems to repeat but uses different words with similar sounds, like "bright light" echoing "white night"; Surface-level phonetic similarity that mimics true repetition without being identical; A near-repetition that creates the impression of echo through similar-sounding but distinct words; Pseudo-repetition using phonetic cousins rather than exact word matches
Additional Notes
A sophisticated poetic device where different words create the illusion of repetition through similar sounds. More subtle than true repetition, creating a haunting, echo-like effect. Common in sound poetry and experimental verse. Differs from true echo in that the words themselves are distinct, only the phonetic quality suggests repetition. Emily Dickinson used this technique frequently.
Also Known As
pseudo-echo false repetition sonic mirage near-repetition Epipolic Rhyme
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