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 E

echo verse variant

Form
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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 variation of echo verse where the final syllables of lines are repeated with altered meaning

Detailed Definition
Any experimental or modified approach to traditional echo verse forms that alters conventional echo patterns, positions, or functions while maintaining recognizable echo elements. Variants may change where echoes occur within lines or stanzas, what specific elements get echoed, how exact the repetition is, or how echo interacts with other formal features. These innovations allow poets to work within echo traditions while creating fresh effects and exploring new possibilities.
Example
Example in poetry:
Echo verse variant: a poem where the last syllable of each line is repeated as a ghostly echo; In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” Raleigh uses subtle echoes of Marlowe’s lines; Modern examples use typography—“Love… ve… e”—to visualize echo; A poem where answers trail questions like reverberations; Echo becomes structural and thematic device.
Additional Notes
Any modification or experimental approach to traditional echo verse forms. May alter where echoes occur, what gets echoed, or how repetition functions. Allows poets to innovate within echo traditions while maintaining recognizable elements.
Also Known As
modified echo verse experimental echo form echo variation alternative echo structure
Skip to main content