Algorithmically Generated Poetry

August 4, 2015 5:16 AM

Algorithmically Generated Poetry
I made a website that generates poetry in the style of a given poet.

Using Markov chains to generate text seems to be all the rage now, so I tried my hand at it with poetry! Select a poet from the drop down menu to generate a poem in their style. More information can be found at the bottom of the website or the github page.

Role: programmer

posted by bboston (5 comments total)

And though I knew no time
For death still the grass,
And yet it puzzled me cordially.


Not bad. Not bad at all.
posted by gwint at 8:37 AM on August 4, 2015

i got something for yeats that rhymed on the first go. assumed it was part of the program and reloaded. now i wish i'd kept it!
posted by andrewcooke at 4:00 PM on August 4, 2015

Playmates, and girls
Were greater than a sign.

This is great.
posted by mmmbacon at 4:09 PM on August 4, 2015

Dickinson generates a lot of one-liners. Favorite so far:

I breathed enough to fly,

I mean yeah sure enough that's what she was about.
posted by nebulawindphone at 5:43 PM on August 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

Carry the darkness,
But who flutter vaguely far beneath:
I remember, there was only soot within

Well done.
posted by a halcyon day at 4:52 PM on August 5, 2015 [1 favorite]