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

Home › Glossary › Letter H

hoist

Archaic Terms
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

To raise or lift, especially with ropes; also, to be lifted (as in “hoist with his own petard”).

Detailed Definition
“Hoist” implies mechanical elevation or ironic reversal. In poetry, it describes sails, banners, or traitors caught in their schemes. The verb’s nautical origin enriches adventure verse; its Shakespearean twist adds dramatic irony. Poets use it to explore how ambition lifts or topples, linking physical motion to moral consequence.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Hoist the sail to catch the morning wind,” in a sea lyric; In Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “Hoist up the sail to catch the wind”; “They hoist the banner of rebellion high,” a line of political verse; “Hoist not your hopes too high, lest they fall,” cautions a moralist; “The ghost hoisted its chains with mournful clank”; Hoist your voice in song, not in strife.
Additional Notes
“Hoist” gained ironic fame via Hamlet’s “hoist with his own petard”; in poetry, it underscores poetic justice—where one’s scheme backfires—making it a concise vehicle for karmic reversal or dramatic irony.
Also Known As
raise lift elevate
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