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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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Shakespearean period

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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 era of English poetry contemporary with Shakespeare (late 16th-early 17th century)

Detailed Definition
The late Elizabethan and Jacobean period in English literature, roughly 1590 to 1625, representing peak achievement of the English Renaissance and including Shakespeare's major works, late Spenser, early Donne, and the flowering of dramatic and lyric poetry. This era saw extraordinary linguistic innovation, sophisticated sonnet sequences, development of metaphysical conceits, and the establishment of blank verse as major medium for both drama and epic poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespearean period: the late 16th to early 17th century when sonnets and blank verse flourished; Characterized by iambic pentameter, elaborate metaphors, and humanist themes; A modern poem imitating “Shall I compare thee” with contemporary imagery; Contemporary “Shakespearean” often refers to sonnet form (ababcdcdefefgg); The period shaped English poetic identity.
Additional Notes
Late Elizabethan and Jacobean period, roughly 1590-1625. Peak of Renaissance achievement including Shakespeare's major works. Characterized by sonnets, plays, and metaphysical poetry.
Also Known As
Elizabethan-Jacobean era Late Renaissance Shakespeare's time Golden Age Elizabethan (England)
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