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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. 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.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this 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

Home › Glossary › Letter P

Peroration

Technique
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 concluding section that summarizes arguments and leaves a lasting emotional impression.

Detailed Definition
Peroration climaxes with fervent appeals or summaries, as in Cicero influencing poetic closings; it appears in odes and epics to reinforce messages, stir pathos, and achieve rhetorical closure, amplifying the poem's persuasive power.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Milton's peroration in "Lycidas" rises to affirmation after mourning, concluding with transformed perspective; Classical perorations summarize arguments and appeal to audience emotions for final impact; A formal meditation might conclude with peroration exhorting readers to action or changed thinking; The peroration of occasional poem often praises subject while demonstrating poet's rhetorical skill; Perorations typically increase in emotional intensity and use heightened language; Poets employ perorations to leave readers with memorable final impression and sense of closure
Additional Notes
Peroration designates the concluding section of a formal speech or poem that summarizes arguments, intensifies emotional appeal, and creates lasting impact through rhetorical climax. Inherited from classical oratory, the peroration serves strategic purposes: recapitulating main points to aid memory, appealing to emotion after establishing logical argument, and leaving audiences with powerful final impressions. Unlike simple conclusions, perorations deliberately heighten language and emotion, often employing parallel structure, amplification, and memorable phrasing. Milton's Paradise Lost employs peroration-like conclusions to major sections, summarizing theological arguments while intensifying devotional feeling. Political poems and verse arguments employ peroration to persuade audiences toward action or belief. The technique requires balance—excessive emotion alienates sophisticated audiences, insufficient passion fails to move. Students should examine how perorations synthesize preceding material while adding emotional dimension. Understanding peroration helps recognize how poems create powerful closures and how rhetorical traditions shape poetic conclusions. Contemporary poets may employ peroration ironically, building toward traditional climax then deflating it, or genuinely embrace the technique for persuasive or emotional purposes.
Also Known As
Conclusion Epilogue Closing
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