From bates.j at wcc.vic.edu.au Wed Apr 18 09:46:03 2012 From: bates.j at wcc.vic.edu.au (Jackson Bates) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:46:03 +0000 Subject: [English] Twitter Sonnets Message-ID: <788328AB67FE924C930A1158C1AAA89B41DE0C98@WCC-MAIL1.wcc.vic.edu.au> Hi all, Before you start clicking any of the links please be aware that you may see bad language. If this is likely to cause offence, don't click :) In short: Some guy wrote a computer program that reads Tweets scanning them for iambic pentameter. When it finds a line that scans, it pairs it with another like it that rhymes and then retweets the couplet. This leads to an ongoing 'sonnet' (Not really a by the books sonnet of course, more like a Browning dramatic monologue...but you get the point!) Because it's a computer program it occasionally gets it wrong - but I read it last night and it was lovely. It makes the truly mundane appear heroic and profound. I for one have been inspired to write all of my reports and essay feedback from now on in couplets of rhyming iambic pentameter... The twitter stream: http://twitter.com/#!/pentametron The MeFi post about it: http://www.metafilter.com/114145/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet The Mefi Projects from the creator: http://projects.metafilter.com/3515/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet Once the iambs get into your speech You'll end up speaking with them for a week Jackson Bates Waverley Christian College Coordinator of Learning Technologies VCE English | VCE IT Applications Blog: http://mrjbates.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jacksonbates ________________________________ [WCCSIG] ------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete it immediately and notify the system administrator on srvadm at wcc.vic.edu.au. WARNING: Although the college has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the college cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments. ------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.edulists.com.au/pipermail/english/attachments/20120417/984866a6/attachment.html From mcleary53 at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 18:42:51 2012 From: mcleary53 at gmail.com (Monica Cleary) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:42:51 +1000 Subject: [English] Twitter Sonnets In-Reply-To: <788328AB67FE924C930A1158C1AAA89B41DE0C98@WCC-MAIL1.wcc.vic.edu.au> References: <788328AB67FE924C930A1158C1AAA89B41DE0C98@WCC-MAIL1.wcc.vic.edu.au> Message-ID: That is very cool :) Be teaching Shakespeare Semester 2. It can't be used directly, of course, but it'll give me some ideas for starters. Thanks. Monica On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jackson Bates wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Before you start clicking any of the links please be aware that you may > see bad language. If this is likely to cause offence, don?t click J > > > > In short: Some guy wrote a computer program that reads Tweets scanning > them for iambic pentameter. When it finds a line that scans, it pairs it > with another like it that rhymes and then retweets the couplet. This leads > to an ongoing ?sonnet? (Not really a by the books sonnet of course, more > like a Browning dramatic monologue?but you get the point!) > > > > Because it?s a computer program it occasionally gets it wrong ? but I read > it last night and it was lovely. It makes the truly mundane appear heroic > and profound. I for one have been inspired to write all of my reports and > essay feedback from now on in couplets of rhyming iambic pentameter? > > > > The twitter stream: http://twitter.com/#!/pentametron > > The MeFi post about it: > http://www.metafilter.com/114145/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet > > The Mefi Projects from the creator: > http://projects.metafilter.com/3515/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet > > > > Once the iambs get into your speech > > You?ll end up speaking with them for a week > > > > *Jackson Bates* > > Waverley Christian College > > Coordinator of Learning Technologies > > VCE English | VCE IT Applications > > * * > > *Blog: http://mrjbates.wordpress.com* > > *Twitter: http://twitter.com/jacksonbates* > > > > ------------------------------ > > [image: WCCSIG] > > ------------------------------------------ > DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. 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