Computational Analysis and Visualized Comparison of Style in American Poetry
David M. Kaplan, David M. Blei · 2006
This thesis describes the creation of software to quantitatively compute the style of American poems and accordingly visualize a collection of poems in relation to one another. While certain components have been and are being researched, a comparable comprehensive system had not previously been attempted. Such a system has potential applications in academic research of texts and of the intuitive personal response to poetry, in making recommendations to readers based on their favorite poems, and more. Sample applications were developed and run to better assess the accuracy and usefulness of the software.