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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.

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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Lucretia Borgia

Historical Figure
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

Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), Italian noblewoman of the Borgia family, accused of incest, poisonings, and political intrigue.

Detailed Definition
Despite historical rehabilitation as a patron and administrator, popular legend made her a symbol of Renaissance corruption and feminine danger. In poetry, she represents seductive poison, familial ambition, and the dark glamour of Italian court intrigue. Poets invoke her to examine power, gender stereotypes, reputation versus reality, and the mythic allure of villainous women.
Example
Example in poetry:
Lucretia Borgia appears in poetry as the legendary figure of Renaissance intrigue, poison, and seductive danger, despite historical nuance as a patron.; Poets draw on her Borgia reputation to symbolize feminine corruption and the dark glamour of Italian court politics.; A poet might use her to explore stereotypes of powerful women and the gap between myth and reality in reputation.; In dramatic verse, she embodies ambition, familial loyalty, and the perils of dynastic power.; Verse invokes her to meditate on poison as metaphor for political manipulation and moral ambiguity.; Lucretia Borgia enriches explorations of villainy, allure, and the mythic framing of historical women.
Additional Notes
Lucretia Borgia, despite historical nuance as administrator and patron, persists in poetry as the legendary embodiment of Renaissance intrigue, poison, and seductive danger. Usage tip: leverage popular myth of incest and poisoning to explore stereotypes of powerful women while contrasting with rehabilitated views; use dramatic monologues to probe reputation versus reality. In verse she symbolizes familial ambition and the dark glamour of Italian courts. Related figures include the Borgia family and Machiavelli for political context. Poets can examine moral ambiguity and the mythic allure of villainous women through her. Students should note the gap between legend and fact, making her suitable for poems on power, gender, and how history mythologizes female influence in the Renaissance.
Also Known As
Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia Duchess of Ferrara
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