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.<div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Monica<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jackson Bates <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bates.j@wcc.vic.edu.au">bates.j@wcc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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!)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The twitter stream: <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/pentametron" target="_blank">
http://twitter.com/#!/pentametron</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The MeFi post about it: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/114145/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet" target="_blank">
http://www.metafilter.com/114145/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Mefi Projects from the creator: <a href="http://projects.metafilter.com/3515/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet" target="_blank">http://projects.metafilter.com/3515/With-algorithms-subtle-and-discrete-I-seek-iambic-writings-to-retweet</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once the iambs get into your speech</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You’ll end up speaking with them for a week</p>
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