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.

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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Mimesis (poetic)

Concept
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

The poetic principle of mimesis—imitation or representation of reality—through which art reflects human experience, nature, or social life.

Detailed Definition
Mimesis (poetic) refers to the artistic representation or imitation of reality, experience, or emotion through language; in poetry, it involves crafting images, voices, or scenes that convincingly evoke the external world or inner consciousness, as theorized by Aristotle and practiced across lyrical traditions.
Example
Example in poetry:
Mimesis in Homer: “rosy-fingered Dawn”; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats mimics visual art; Shakespeare’s storm in “King Lear” mimics chaos; Contemporary mimesis: onomatopoeic verse for city sounds; Poetic mimesis imitates reality through language
Additional Notes
Imitation or representation of reality in art/poetry. Related: mimetic theory, representation. Aristotelian concept—poetry as imitation of nature/action. Contrasts with expressive theory. Tip: Consider what gets selected/omitted in imitation.
Also Known As
Imitation artistic representation mimetic art realistic portrayal
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