Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic Modelling

The article deals with the relationship between semantics and poetic meter in the works of Czech post-symbolist poets and their predecessors. We access the phenomena by means of a machine-driven meter recognition on one hand and LDA topic modelling on the other. We first show how the poetic groups...

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Main Authors: Petr Plecháč, Robert Kolár
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2022-09-01
Series:Studia Metrica et Poetica
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/19202
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description The article deals with the relationship between semantics and poetic meter in the works of Czech post-symbolist poets and their predecessors. We access the phenomena by means of a machine-driven meter recognition on one hand and LDA topic modelling on the other. We first show how the poetic groups differ in their general preferences for particular topics. Next we analyze the topic distributions in two dominant metres (i.e. iamb and trochee) across the poetic groups.
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spelling doaj.art-53e9f7e1afb8407d9a1316ca599dd47c2022-12-22T02:53:44ZengUniversity of Tartu PressStudia Metrica et Poetica2346-69012346-691X2022-09-019110.12697/smp.2022.9.1.01Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic ModellingPetr Plecháč0Robert Kolár1Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of sciencesInstitute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of sciences The article deals with the relationship between semantics and poetic meter in the works of Czech post-symbolist poets and their predecessors. We access the phenomena by means of a machine-driven meter recognition on one hand and LDA topic modelling on the other. We first show how the poetic groups differ in their general preferences for particular topics. Next we analyze the topic distributions in two dominant metres (i.e. iamb and trochee) across the poetic groups. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/19202Czech poetrysemantic halotopic modellingversification
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Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic Modelling
Studia Metrica et Poetica
Czech poetry
semantic halo
topic modelling
versification
title Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic Modelling
title_full Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic Modelling
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title_short Metre and Semantics in the Poetry of Czech Post-Symbolists Accessed via LDA Topic Modelling
title_sort metre and semantics in the poetry of czech post symbolists accessed via lda topic modelling
topic Czech poetry
semantic halo
topic modelling
versification
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