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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.

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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Mark of Cornwall

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

King Mark of Cornwall, Tristan’s uncle and Iseult’s husband, portrayed as jealous and suspicious in Arthurian romance and tragic love narratives.

Detailed Definition
His portrayal varies from tragic cuckold to outright villain. In poetry, he serves as a cautionary figure—his jealousy and deceit undermining the trust essential to both love and kingship in romance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Mark of Cornwall is synonymous with King Mark; Poets use “Mark” for rhythmic brevity in ballads; His green-hued jealousy appears in color-symbolic stanzas; Modern verse shortens to “Mark” to emphasize human over title; In dramatic monologues, “Mark” whispers suspicions in Tintagel’s shadows; His name becomes shorthand for betrayed authority.
Additional Notes
Mark of Cornwall is synonymous with King Mark; the name “Mark” alone often suffices in poetic contexts to evoke jealousy and betrayal—poets should be aware of his symbolic shorthand for marital insecurity and political pettiness.
Also Known As
King Mark Marc Conomor
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