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.

After the death of my mother, 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.

My wife and I are simplifying our days. The server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the quieter life we want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the 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.

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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Hendecasyllabic six-foot

Meter
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 six-foot metrical line totaling eleven syllables, blending foot-based meter with syllabic precision in classical forms.

Detailed Definition
Hendecasyllabic six-foot describes a six-foot metrical line comprising eleven syllables, often compressing or adapting traditional feet to fit the count; though rare, it appears in experimental verse where poets merge classical hexameter aspirations with vernacular syllabic constraints to create innovative rhythmic textures.
Example
Example in poetry:
A six-foot line totaling 11 syllables: “Bright Phoebus rides his golden chariot high” (stresses on Bright, Phoe-, rides, gold-, cha-, high); “The river flows through meadows green and wide” (6 stresses, 11 syllables); “Upon the hill the ancient oak still stands” (6 metrical beats, 11 syllables); “Muse, tell me of the man of many turns” (adapted Homeric hexameter in 11 syllables)
Additional Notes
Hendecasyllabic six-foot verse blends six metrical feet with eleven syllables—often through substitution or elision; rare in English but appears in experimental or translated classical works.
Also Known As
Six-foot hendecasyllable hendecasyllabic hexameter variant eleven-syllable sextet classical six-foot eleven Hendecasyllabic hexameter
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