Poetry/Lyrics "written" by programs

[phrygius]

What would be the basics of a program that writes poetry/lyrics? Obviously, it would have to contain a dictionary of vocabulary broken up into the types of words they are (nouns, verbs, etc.). But how would one go about making this program?

Thanks

[setuid_w00t]

That sounds like a difficult program to write. You would have to define rules for different types of poetry. Then for each word in your dictionary, you would have to specify how to pronounce it, how many syllables it has, the type of word it is (noun, verb, adverb, etc). If you did all that, you might be able to generate poetry that with a valid syntax, but it wouldn't mean anything.

[gold_dragon]

Poetry is an art form. If a computer can do it then it wouldn't be as good as a human who is a professional.

[phrygius]

Yeah, It wouldnt mean anything to the computer, but I have seen computer generated poetry before, and it has the appearance of being meaningful. That is all just a part of how you make the computer "compose" these verses, but it isn't random garbage in the lines of poetry.