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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

Assault

Military
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

An assault is a direct, often aggressive attack against an enemy position or force.

Detailed Definition
Assault conveys warfare's raw, forward momentum, the deliberate charge into danger that tests both courage and discipline. Poets use assault imagery to capture the visceral intensity of offensive combat, often juxtaposing the adrenaline of attack with its devastating human cost. The term's directness lends itself to depictions of climactic battle moments, where soldiers commit fully to violence with no possibility of retreat or hesitation.
Example
Example in poetry:
A war poem might depict soldiers steeling themselves before an assault on enemy trenches at dawn; Poets use "assault" to capture the surge of adrenaline and fear preceding an attack; Siegfried Sassoon's verse often describes the futility of assaults ordered by distant commanders; A poem could describe an assault's aftermath, littered with the wounded and dead across no man's land; The word can extend metaphorically to an assault on the senses, as in describing overwhelming grief; Poets sometimes juxtapose the word's violence with quieter reflections on what compels men to attack.
Additional Notes
An assault is a direct, often aggressive attack against an enemy position or force. In military terminology, assault differs from general offensive action by emphasizing close engagement and the use of shock tactics. Assaults may be conducted by infantry, armored units, or combined forces, often following preparatory bombardments to soften enemy defenses. The assault phase of an operation is the most dangerous moment for attacking troops, requiring supreme courage, discipline, and tactical coordination. In poetry, assault often symbolizes the raw brutality of war, the clash of wills, and the moment when strategy gives way to primal violence. The term also carries connotations of violation, as in "assault on a fortress" or "assault on dignity." Related terms include storming, frontal assault, and assault wave. The famous phrase "fix bayonets" signals the transition to an assault, evoking the terrifying immediacy of close combat.
Also Known As
Attack Charge Offensive Onslaught Storm Strike Invasion molest
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