Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:44:00 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A script for poets Message-ID: <20060208204359.GA19830@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060208202634.0211cea8@broadpark.no> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060208202634.0211cea8@broadpark.no>
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:29:21PM +0100, Kristian Vaaf wrote: > > Hello! > > Again with my script requests, this time I'm wondering if anybody > has ever felt like writing a shell script that makes it easy to write > rhymes, > poems or just make up funny lines. > > http://www.rhymer.com is a great place, but unfortunately it requires > a browser. > > Or maybe this is a feature that extends beyond the purpose of shell > scripting, > and that maybe for such I should start looking into languages like Ruby? > > Hoping for generous expert advise. This may dovetail into something I was actively working on several years ago: a C/C++ program that took unmetered text as input and output N-syllabic lines as output. I created a dictionary of thousands of words with one, two, three, or more syllabes in my database. I played around with this idea until I realized that "real" poetry demands imagery (metaphor, simile), and not simply meter or rhyme. After 7 years of my writing group I've learned how DIFFICULT it is to write a good poem. Or prose. > > Thank you, peasants and poets :) I'm closer to being a peasant that poet. "I ain't no poet And I know it." gary > > Vaaf (wuff) > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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