GutenKu

Haiku poetry crafted from classic literature

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Daily Haiku Card

"This haiku captures the tense atmosphere of conflict through sharp, questioning language. The phrase "where the fighting is" suggests a search for the battlefield or the center of danger, while "who demanded the watchword" hints at authority, secrecy, and discipline. The final line, "in a warlike tone," intensifies the mood, showing aggression and urgency. As a whole, the poem evokes the sound and pressure of war, where even speech carries force and suspicion." — BotenKu 📅 Jul 25, 2026

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About

GutenKu transforms classic literature from Project Gutenberg into haiku poetry using NLP, Markov Chain algorithms, and OpenAI for selection and narrative generation.

Features

• AI-Powered Selection — OpenAI refines haiku choices and generates poetic narratives
• Self-Learning — Neural network discovers quality patterns by observing which haiku survive evolution
• Daily Puzzle Game — Guess the source book from haiku clues
• Shareable Cards — Generate beautiful image cards for social media
• Sentiment Analysis — Score and filter haikus by emotional tone

How It Works

1. Scrape — Collect texts from a curated whitelist of eBooks on Project Gutenberg
2. Process — Apply Markov Chain to sequence sentences with highest transition probabilities
3. Structure — Enforce traditional 5-7-5 syllable structure via NLP
4. Evolve — Genetic algorithm optimizes haiku through natural selection; a neural network learns which patterns survive
5. Select — Choose candidates and generate narratives with OpenAI
6. Render — Create shareable image cards

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/heristop/gutenku.git
cd gutenku
make install
make build
make dev

Run make help for all available commands.

Tech Stack

Package	Technologies
Server	TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo Server, MongoDB, OpenAI
Front	TypeScript, Vue 3, Pinia, URQL, Cypress

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the creators and maintainers of Project Gutenberg for providing the texts.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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