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From: kww@AMETHYST.MA.ARIZONA.EDU (K Watkins)
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Subject: Re: Poetry composing programs
Summary: Verse-writing project over a decade ago
Keywords: poetry
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Date: 3 Nov 88 17:31:10 GMT
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I believe that Marie Borroff worked on a project to "teach a computer to write
poetry" something over a decade ago.  My vague recollection is that she 
concluded that such an effort can produce verse but not poetry.  Sorry I don't
remember more.  If you follow up on this, I would be interested in hearing
about it!

I don't even know whether she is on the net, let alone her electronic address.
But you can reach her through the English department of Yale University in New
Haven, Connecticut.

Karellynne ("K") W. Watkins  -  watkins@rvax.ccit.arizona.edu
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