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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

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Erec

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

Erec: The hero of Chrétien de Troyes's "Erec and Enide," a knight who must restore his honor and reputation through a journey of love, adventure, and self-reclamation.

Detailed Definition
Erec, celebrated in medieval romance, is a noble knight whose marriage to Enide is tested when he withdraws from public deeds. Their journey together becomes a trial of trust, pride, and renewed courage. For poetry, Erec embodies the tension between domestic love and heroic reputation. His story suggests that honor is not a fixed ornament but a living virtue, recovered through hardship and mutual fidelity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Erec can symbolize the testing of love after marriage in a poem; A poet may adapt Erec’s withdrawal from knightly deeds to explore how comfort can weaken heroic purpose; “Erec woke from the velvet years and took up his spear” presents renewal through action; An Arthurian poem can use Erec and Enide to show that loyalty may survive hardship and silence.
Additional Notes
Erec, also called Erec and sometimes identified with Gereint in Welsh tradition, is a knight whose story centers on love, reputation, and renewal. After marrying Enide, he becomes so absorbed in domestic life that other knights question his valor. Their journey restores his public honor and tests their relationship, making the tale an important example of the romance pattern of departure, trial, and return.
Also Known As
Sir Erec Erek
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