Haiku Gadget

Generate random haikus!

Uses an algorithm, a custom dictionary, some grammar rules, and a team of hamsters running in wheels.

Play with it at haikugadget.com

What is a haiku?

A short poem consisting of three lines:

five syllables here
then seven syllables here
then five syllables

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'haiku_gadget'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install haiku_gadget

Usage

First, turn on the gadget:

require 'haiku_gadget'

Get a random haiku as an array of three lines:

HaikuGadget.haiku

Or pass in a delimiter, which will return the haiku as a single string:

HaikuGadget.haiku ' / '

To get a single random line, try one of these methods:

HaikuGadget.top_line
HaikuGadget.middle_line
HaikuGadget.bottom_line

Or specify the line you want by an index:

HaikuGadget.random_line 0
HaikuGadget.random_line 1
HaikuGadget.random_line 2

Contributing

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/zenblender/haiku_gadget/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request