Random Poetry Generator

luther.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import random

with open('/usr/share/dict/words') as f:
    words = list(map(lambda x: x.strip(), list(f)))

structure = [5, 4, 5, 5, 1, 3]


def word():
    return random.choice(words)


def punctuation():
    if random.random() > 0.3:
        return ' '
    return random.choice([', ', '; ', ': '])


def line(length, titleise=False):
    line = []
    for i in range(length):
        line.append(word().lower())
        if i < length - 1:
            line.append(punctuation())

    if titleise:
        line = list(map(lambda x: x.title(), line))
    return ''.join(line)


def indent(line):
    print(' ' * random.randint(8, 32) + line)


print('')
title = line(3, titleise=True)
print(title)
print('-' * len(title))
print('')

for length in structure:
    indent(line(length))

print('')