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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 C

Cleon

Literary Character
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 shepherd or rustic figure in pastoral poetry, sometimes portrayed as politically engaged or concerned with social justice.

Detailed Definition
Cleon appears in pastoral contexts, his name recalling the Athenian politician, suggesting that even in Arcadia political awareness may intrude; the character sometimes represents civic concerns. The character embodies the tension between pastoral retreat and political responsibility, his presence raising questions about withdrawal from public life. Cleon demonstrates that pastoral poetry engages with political themes, whether celebrating escape from politics or guiltily acknowledging the world beyond the shepherd's grove.
Example
Example in poetry:
Cleon appears in classical poetry as a male character, sometimes representing rustic or common figures; Poets use Cleon to populate their classical verses with named individuals; In pastoral or lyric tradition, Cleon might represent a shepherd or countryman; A poet could invoke Cleon when creating a fuller social landscape; Cleon serves as a typical Greek name for various poetic purposes; The character helps establish classical atmosphere
Additional Notes
Cleon can represent various pastoral or urban figures, the name being common enough to appear in different contexts. In some uses, Cleon represents the politically engaged shepherd, connecting pastoral to social commentary. Poets might invoke Cleon when pastoral verse addresses justice, politics, or social concerns beyond personal love and song. The character demonstrates that bucolic poetry could engage with public issues, not remaining entirely in the realm of private emotion and artistic competition. Cleon shows pastoral's occasional movement toward political or social critique.
Also Known As
famous name rustic youth Greek shepherd
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