🌿 Poetry√

poetic symmetry

Poetry√ is an experimental writing app for poets and language lovers who want to explore the structure and beauty of square stanza poems — an intricate poetic form where every word appears across both rows and columns in a 6×6 grid. The app combines language, logic, and design to help writers visualize and refine this challenging art form.

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✨ Features

• 🎨 6×6 Interactive Word Grid – Enter a six-word sentence to automatically populate the rows and columns.
• 🌈 Color-Coded Word Types – Each word’s background color reflects its part of speech:
  • 🔴 Nouns
  • 🔵 Verbs
  • 🟢 Adjectives
  • 🟡 Pronouns
  • ⚪ Others / Unknown
• ⚠️ Contextual Warnings – The app detects when neighboring word types may produce incoherent phrases.
• 💫 Smooth Animations – Words fade and scale into the grid as you build your poem.
• 📱 Responsive Design – Works beautifully on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• 📤 Export as Image – Instantly save or share your completed word grid as a PNG.

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🚀 Getting Started

🧠 How It Works

1. Type a six-word sentence and hit enter.
2. The app fills the first row and column symmetrically.
3. Each additional sentence fills the next row/column pair.
4. Compromise.js identifies word types to apply color-coding and structure feedback.
5. Click “Export as Image” to save your creation as a shareable PNG.

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🧩 Tech Stack

• HTML5 – Structure
• CSS3 / Flexbox – Layout and responsiveness
• JavaScript (ES6) – Logic and interactivity
• Compromise.js – Part-of-speech tagging
• html2canvas – Grid image export

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🖼️ Example

(Each word appears across and down — forming linguistic symmetry.)

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💡 Future Ideas

• AI-based coherence scoring for sentences
• Custom color palettes for visual poets
• Export to PDF or social snippet
• Random word generator for creative prompts

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🧑‍💻 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/new-feature)
3. Commit your changes
4. Push and open a pull request

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📜 License

MIT License © 2025 Ashly Lorenzana

How to Use

1. Enter your poem in the input box
2. Make sure each stanza has equal number of lines (square format)
3. Click generate to see the result

Example

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you