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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.

I want a simpler life, without the hassle of being online. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the life I 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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Make light of

Idiomatic Phrase
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

Make light of means to treat something as unimportant or trivial, often dismissing seriousness; poetically, it can indicate humor, denial, or minimization, potentially undermining gravity or masking deeper concerns.

Detailed Definition
Make light of means to treat something serious as less important, painful, or dangerous than it is. In poetry, the idiom can reveal humour, denial, bravery, cruelty, or emotional defence. A speaker may make light of illness, grief, poverty, fear, or insult to protect others or themselves. The word “light” invites contrast with heaviness, darkness, and burden. Poets can use the phrase to explore whether joking diminishes suffering, makes it bearable, or conceals wounds that need recognition.
Example
Example in poetry:
A comic poem might make light of a thunderstorm by comparing it to kettles quarrelling in the sky; In a grief poem, the speaker may make light of sorrow to spare a friend; The phrase make light of means to treat something as less serious than it is; A poet can use it for bravery, denial, or humour.
Additional Notes
Make light of means treat something serious as minor, often through humour, denial, or dismissal. In poetry, the phrase is useful for exploring emotional defence, stoicism, social tact, or cruelty disguised as cheerfulness. The word light may suggest brightness but also lack of weight. Students should ask whether the speaker lightens pain to survive it, or wrongly minimises another person’s suffering. Tone is crucial.
Also Known As
treat as unimportant
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