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

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Muromachi Period

Historical And Literary Periods
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 Japanese era associated with renga, Noh drama, Zen aesthetics, and poetry of disciplined suggestion.

Detailed Definition
Muromachi literary culture joined courtly traditions to the influence of warrior households, Zen institutions, and regional networks. Linked verse became a collaborative art whose changing voices and seasonal transitions encouraged alertness to juxtaposition. Noh texts combined chant, dance, myth, and ghostly return, while haikai and related practices questioned rigid hierarchy. Ideas such as yūgen, sabi, and disciplined restraint deeply influenced Japanese poetic and theatrical expression.
Example
Example in poetry:
Muromachi Period poetry includes linked verse called renga, created collaboratively by multiple poets; Matsuo Basho’s travel poems draw on Muromachi traditions while deepening the meditative haiku style; Noh drama uses compressed poetic language, chant, and symbolic imagery; Zen aesthetics encourage poems that suggest depth through spareness, silence, and seasonal detail
Additional Notes
The Muromachi Period is associated with renga, or linked verse, Noh drama, Zen aesthetics, and a preference for suggestion over explicit explanation. Poets and performers valued yūgen, a mysterious depth or subtle grace, as well as disciplined attention to seasonal and natural imagery. Renga was collaborative, with successive poets contributing linked stanzas, while Noh combined chant, dance, music, and poetic language to create concentrated dramatic atmosphere.
Also Known As
Muromachi Era Muromachi Japan
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