Generate poem-like text from Harvard sentences (wiki).
$ python composer.py -h
usage: composer.py [-h] [-s NUM_STROPHES] [-l NUM_LINES] [--refrain]
Generate poem-like text.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s NUM_STROPHES, --num-strophes NUM_STROPHES
Number of strophes (stanzas) to generate. (Default: 2
to 4)
-l NUM_LINES, --num-lines NUM_LINES
Number of lines per strophe. (Default: 2 to 4, varying
per strophe)
--refrain Use a refrain. (Default: no refrain)
$ python composer.py --num-strophes 3 --num-lines 4 --refrain | cowsay
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/ Hemp is a weed found in parts of the \
| tropics. He lay prone and hardly moved |
| a limb. The pencils have all been used. |
| There are many ways to do these things. |
| |
| The hogs were fed chopped corn and |
| garbage. Pour the stew from the pot |
| into the plate. Watch the log float in |
| the wide river. There are many ways to |
| do these things. |
| |
| Pitch the straw through the door of the |
| stable. Shape the clay gently into |
| block form. Pages bound in cloth make a |
| book. There are many ways to do these |
\ things. /
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\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
- Sentences were retrieved from http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/audio/harvard.html.