User:Alien333/Poems
Floats a random poem from the Poems I've proofread, to the right (example output below).
Takes no parameters: {{User:Alien333/Random poem}}
They're not filtered in any way, so there's no guarantee on the quality of it, although it's mostly good.
Relying on User:Alien333/Poemlist to get a subpage list, of which every page is itself a poem list. These poem lists are concatenated (there are multiple to avoid making the page too large). A poem is then picked with a sketchy but fast random choice and transcluded (hiding {{similar}}'s and {{header}}'s).
I have done 151 collections, for a total of 11067 individual poems, so about 73 poems per collection.
I currently intend to do all collections I can find on IA a) by women b) that don't have {{ls}} and c) are titled "Poems". I have identified 245 (though some scans on closer inspection may be bad). My progress:
Example output
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For works with similar titles, see Sonnet.
SONNET. Oft let me wander hand in hand with Thought, In woodland paths, and lone sequester' d shades, What time the sunny hanks and mossy glades, With dewy wreaths of early violets wrought, Into the air their fragrant incense fling, To greet the triumph of the youthful Spring. Lo, where she comes! 'scaped from the icy lair Of hoary Winter; wanton, free, and fair! Now smile the heavens again upon the earth, Bright hill, and bosky dell, resound with mirth, And voices, full of laughter and wild glee, Shout through the air pregnant with harmony; And wake poor sobbing Echo, who replies With sleepy voice, that softly, slowly dies. |
Poem lists at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Alien333/Random poem/.