Determine if a Text Is Prose or Poetry

Gather examples of Shakespearean poetry and prose to train a classifier

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Collect examples:

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prose=ExampleData[{"Text","Hamlet"}];poetry=ExampleData[{"Text","ShakespearesSonnets"}];

Train a classifier to distinguish poetry from prose:

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proseorpoetry=Classify["Prose"{prose},"Poetry"{poetry}]

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Test the classifier on Shakespearean prose not in the training set:

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proseorpoetry["It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most; for equalities are so weighed, that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety."]

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Poetry

Test the classifier on Shakespearean poetry not in the training set:

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proseorpoetry["Crabbed Age and Youth Cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare: Youth is full of sports, Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, Age is lame: Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold, Youth is wild, and Age is tame:- Age, I do abhor thee; Youth, I do adore thee; O! my Love, my Love is young! Age, I do defy thee- O sweet shepherd, hie thee, For methinks thou stay'st too long. "]

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Poetry

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