Class MetricScanner

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.MetricScanner

public final class MetricScanner
extends Object

Poetry metric analysis (prosody).

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final record	MetricScanner.MetricalAnalysis
static enum	MetricScanner.MetricalFoot
static final record	MetricScanner.RhymeAnalysis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static MetricScanner.RhymeAnalysis	analyzeRhymeScheme(List<String> lines)	Analyzes rhyme scheme of a stanza.
static int	countSyllables(String word)	Counts syllables in a word.
static String	identifyForm(List<String> lines)	Identifies poetic form from metrics and rhyme.
static MetricScanner.MetricalAnalysis	scanLine(String line)	Scans a line of poetry for metrical pattern.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

scanLine

public static MetricScanner.MetricalAnalysis scanLine(String line)

Scans a line of poetry for metrical pattern.

analyzeRhymeScheme

public static MetricScanner.RhymeAnalysis analyzeRhymeScheme(List<String> lines)

Analyzes rhyme scheme of a stanza.

identifyForm

public static String identifyForm(List<String> lines)

Identifies poetic form from metrics and rhyme.

countSyllables

public static int countSyllables(String word)

Counts syllables in a word.