iPoe

Interactive POetry Editor

It's a text editor compiler for poetry!

$ cat test.txt
#lang ipoe/couplet

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great big head

$ raco make test.txt
ipoe: Expected a word to rhyme with 'wall', got 'head' (word 6, line 1, stanza 0)

Features:

• Checking for rhyme, syllables, stanza counts, and line equality
• Specification language (#lang ipoe) for defining new poetic forms

Here is the specification for #lang ipoe/couplet.

#lang ipoe
#:name couplet
#:rhyme-scheme {[A A]}

That's 1 stanza with 2 rhyming lines with any number of syllables.

Install

0. Install Racket v6.3 or later (download)
1. Install this package

• from pkgs.racket-lang.org : $ raco pkg install ipoe
• or from GitHub : $ git clone https://github.com/bennn/ipoe; raco pkg install ./ipoe

3. (optional) Install PostgreSQL (download)
4. Connect to the internet

Getting Started

1. (if postgresql is running) Run raco ipoe init to initialize a database
2. Browse the built-in poetic forms (raco ipoe show)
3. Write a poem, e.g. hello.rkt
4. Run racket hello.rkt

Future Work

Check the issue tracker for more.

Sharing & Collaboration

• Submit poems, poetic forms, and words to a central repository

Metre Checking

• Real iambic pentameter is more than "10 syllables per line"

Semantics

• Include word meaning in the analysis, especially when giving suggestions
• Try WordNet

Algorithms for Rhyme and Syllables

• Especially a problem for rhymes (syllable information is more accurate)
• Use the dictionary pronunciations / phonics

Learning

• Instead of using the internet / the user, parse Shakespeare's works and infer what words rhyme etc.