poem.js

poem.js

//poem.js
var words = [
//concrete nouns 1
	["sea","room","king","snake","star","balloon","watchman","mouth","window","square","nightgown","ear","rose","wall","night","moth","mirror","wind","hand","mother","cloud","statue","museum","shadow","echo","orange","creature","whisker", 
"paw",
"hoof", 
"tail", 
"wing", 
"antler", 
"beak", 
"bill", 
"horn", 
"fur", 
"quill",
"dinosaur", 
"mammoth", 
"Tyrannosaurus Rex", 
"spider", 
"moth", 
"bug", 
"cockroach",
"ants", 
"moth", 
"bat", 
"vulture", 
"owl", 
"peacock",
"toad", 
"turtle", 
"worm", 
"earthworm", 
"toad", 
"armadillo", 
"rat", 
"squirrel", 
"hedgehog", 
"chipmunk", 
"mouse", 
"mole",  
"platypus", 
"otter",
"calf", 
"cow", 
"oxen", 
"cattle", 
"sheep", 
"lamb", 
"ram", 
"goat", 
"pig",  
"sow", 
"fox", 
"vixen",  
"mule", 
"camel", 
"songbird", 
"lark", 
"nightingale", 
"wren", 
"eagle", 
"hawk", 
"puppy", 
"kitten", 
"chick", 
"rooster", 
"hen", 
"crows", 
"cat", 
"kitten"],


//abstract nouns 2
	["love","courage","envy","humour","wisdom", "guilt","melancholy","beauty",
"bravery",
"brilliance",
"brutality",
"calm",
"charity",
"coldness",
"compassion",
"confidence",
"contentment",
"courage",
"curiosity",
"dedication",
"determination",
"ego",
"elegance",
"enthusiasm",
"envy",
"evil",
"fear",
"generosity",
"goodness",
"graciousness",
"hatred",
"honesty",
"honor ",
"hope",
"humility",
"humor",
"insanity",
"integrity",
"intelligence ",
"jealousy ",
"kindness",
"loyalty",
"maturity",
"patience",
"perseverance",
"sanity",
"self-control",
"sensitivity",
"sophistication",
"stupidity",
"sympathy",
"talent",
"tolerance",
"trust",
"warmth",
"weakness",
"wisdom",
"wit",
],

//transative verbs object 3
	["dance","sing","eat","rejoice","harvest","swallow","pray","cry","weep","sleep","mingle"],
//instransative verbs no object 4	
["cry","magnify","stand","sit","wake","flicker","agree",
"appear",
"arrive",
"become",
"belong",
"collapse",
"consist",
"cost",
"cough",
"cry",
"depend",
"die",
"disappear",
"emerge",
"exist",
"fall",
"go",
"happen",
"have",
"hiccup",
"inquire",
"knock",
"laugh",
"lie",
"live",
"look",
"last",
"occur",
"remain",
"respond",
"result",
"revolt¹",
"rise",
"sit",
"sleep",
"smile",
"sneeze",
"stand",
"stay",
"swim",
"vanish",
"vomit",
"wake",
"wait "],
//adjectives 5
	["dull","clean","yellow","dead","mute","flowery","pink","fat","gold","bald","new","naked","red","unheard"],
//adverbs 6
	["blankly","quietly","serenely","foolishly","happily","cheerily","reservedly"],
//pronouns 7
	["she","he"],
//he she pronouns 8
	["they","you"],
//presuppositions 9
	["on","under","above","below"],
];

var patterns = [
	"they 4 9 the 1",
	"the house of 2",
	"place the 1s 9 their 2",
	"they 6 3",
	"'you are 5 and 5' said 7",
	"that 5 1",
	"6 3!",
	"adventures in 2 leave us with 2",
	"7 6 4s",
	"why do they 3?",
	"7 is 5",
	"a 5 1 9 a 1",
	"the 1 4s like a 5 1",
	"4 6 like a 5 1",
	"2 and 2",
	"where is the 5 1",
	"7 looks 9 the 1",
	"7 is 5",
	"they 3 6",
	"7 4s",
	"together they 4",
	"together they 6 3",
	"why do 8 3?",
	"1s and 1s",
	"a mask",
	"a pleasing fit of 2",
	"harrowed with 2 and 2",
	"my lady, my 1",
	"let's 4, let's 4",
	"are you a slave to 2",
	"when will you realise it's 2?",
	"can 7 4?",
	"and 4",
	"I 4",
	"I seek 2",
	"you see this 1? 4!",
	"can't you see my 2"



];

function pick(array) {
	return array[Math.floor((Math.random() * array.length))];
}

for (var line = 0; line<10; line++) {
	var pattern = pick(patterns);
	var finalPoem = "";
	for (var i in pattern) {
		var c = pattern[i];
		if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
			var wordList = words[c-1];
			c = pick(wordList);
		}
		finalPoem = finalPoem + c;
	}
	console.log(finalPoem + '');

}