https://github.com/emdaniels/iambitize

Creates iambic pentameters out of text.
https://github.com/emdaniels/iambitize

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Creates iambic pentameters out of text.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/emdaniels/iambitize
• Owner: emdaniels
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2017-05-14T20:37:47.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-05-15T11:44:11.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-20T20:58:38.350Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 634 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Iambitize

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Iambitize is a program that extracts and creates iambic pentameters out of any 

text corpus. It requires Python 2.7, pronouncing, and some other standard Python

 modules to run properly.

An iambic pentameter is a type of metrical line often found in traditional 

English poetry. The term describes the rhythm of the words in a line, which is 

measured in feet, or small groups of syllables. An iambic foot is an 

unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. A standard line of iambic 

pentameter is five iambic feet in a row:

`da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM`

The da-DUM of a human heartbeat is the most common example of this rhythm. An

 example from Shakespeare:

>"When I do count the clock that tells the time"

To run, download the files along with any text corpus, and enter the 

following in the command prompt:

    $ python iambitize.py [text corpus].txt

After running it on Ulysses, these Iambic pentameters were extracted:

>"a stick and an umbrella dangled to"

>"themselves in stylish garters leaping from"

>"addicted runs directly counter to"

>"the daughter of the skies the virgin moon"

References

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[Ulysses](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300) by James Joyce

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no 

restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under 

the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with these eBooks or 

online at www.gutenberg.org

License

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Copyright 2017 E.M. Daniels

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

limitations under the License.