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+/**
+ * Game of Poetry
+ * <p>
+ * Based on the BASIC game of Poetry here
+ * https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/blob/main/70%20Poetry/poetry.bas
+ * <p>
+ * Note:  The idea was to create a version of the 1970's BASIC game in Java, without introducing
+ * new features - no additional text, error checking, etc has been added.
+ * 
+ * Converted from BASIC to Java by Darren Cardenas.
+ */
+ 
+public class Poetry {
+  
+  private final static double COMMA_RATE = 0.19;
+  private final static double SPACE_RATE = 0.65;  
+  private final static int PARAGRAPH_RATE = 20;
+  
+  private enum Step {
+    WORD_GROUP1, WORD_GROUP2, WORD_GROUP3, WORD_GROUP4, RANDOMIZE_COMMA, 
+    RANDOMIZE_WHITESPACE, RANDOMIZE_COUNTERS
+  }   
+
+  public void play() {
+
+    showIntro();
+    startGame();
+
+  }  // End of method play  
+    
+  private void showIntro() {    
+    
+    System.out.println(" ".repeat(29) + "POETRY");
+    System.out.println(" ".repeat(14) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY");
+    System.out.println("\n\n");
+    
+  }  // End of method showIntro      
+
+  private void startGame() {        
+      
+    int groupIndex = 0;
+    int paragraphIndex = 0;
+    int punctuationIndex = 0;
+    int wordIndex = 1;
+    
+    Step nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP1;
+
+    // Begin outer while loop       
+    while (true) {
+     
+      switch (nextStep) {
+
+        case WORD_GROUP1:
+          
+          if (wordIndex == 1) {
+            
+            System.out.print("MIDNIGHT DREARY");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 2) {
+            
+            System.out.print("FIERY EYES");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 3) {
+            
+            System.out.print("BIRD OR FIEND");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 4) {
+            
+            System.out.print("THING OF EVIL");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 5) {
+            
+            System.out.print("PROPHET");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;                      
+          }          
+          break;
+          
+        case WORD_GROUP2:
+          
+          if (wordIndex == 1) {
+            
+            System.out.print("BEGUILING ME");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 2) {
+            
+            System.out.print("THRILLED ME");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 3) {
+            
+            System.out.print("STILL SITTING....");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_WHITESPACE;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 4) {
+            
+            System.out.print("NEVER FLITTING");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 5) {
+            
+            System.out.print("BURNED");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;                      
+          }          
+          break;
+
+        case WORD_GROUP3:
+          
+          if (wordIndex == 1) {
+            
+            System.out.print("AND MY SOUL");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 2) {
+            
+            System.out.print("DARKNESS THERE");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 3) {
+            
+            System.out.print("SHALL BE LIFTED");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 4) {
+            
+            System.out.print("QUOTH THE RAVEN");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 5) {
+            
+            if (punctuationIndex != 0) {
+              
+              System.out.print("SIGN OF PARTING");               
+            }            
+            
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;                      
+          }          
+          break;   
+          
+        case WORD_GROUP4:
+          
+          if (wordIndex == 1) {
+            
+            System.out.print("NOTHING MORE");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 2) {
+            
+            System.out.print("YET AGAIN");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 3) {
+            
+            System.out.print("SLOWLY CREEPING");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_WHITESPACE;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 4) {
+            
+            System.out.print("...EVERMORE");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;           
+            
+          } else if (wordIndex == 5) {
+            
+            System.out.print("NEVERMORE");
+            nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COMMA;                      
+          }          
+          break;          
+          
+        case RANDOMIZE_COMMA:
+        
+          // Insert commas
+          if ((punctuationIndex != 0) && (Math.random() <= COMMA_RATE)) {
+          
+            System.out.print(",");
+            punctuationIndex = 2;                       
+          }           
+          nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_WHITESPACE;
+          break;
+          
+          
+        case RANDOMIZE_WHITESPACE:
+
+          // Insert spaces
+          if (Math.random() <= SPACE_RATE) {
+            
+            System.out.print(" ");            
+            punctuationIndex++;                           
+            
+          } 
+          // Insert newlines
+          else {  
+            
+            System.out.println("");
+            punctuationIndex = 0;            
+          }          
+          nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COUNTERS;
+          break;
+          
+        case RANDOMIZE_COUNTERS:
+          
+          wordIndex = (int)((int)(10 * Math.random()) / 2) + 1;
+          
+          groupIndex++;
+          paragraphIndex++;
+          
+          if ((punctuationIndex == 0) && (groupIndex % 2 == 0)) {
+            
+            System.out.print("     ");            
+          }
+        
+          if (groupIndex == 1) {
+            
+            nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP1;          
+              
+          } else if (groupIndex == 2) {
+            
+            nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP2;
+            
+          } else if (groupIndex == 3) {
+            
+            nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP3;
+            
+          } else if (groupIndex == 4) {
+            
+            nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP4;
+            
+          } else if (groupIndex == 5) {
+            
+            groupIndex = 0;
+            System.out.println("");
+            
+            if (paragraphIndex > PARAGRAPH_RATE) {
+              
+              System.out.println("");
+              punctuationIndex = 0;
+              paragraphIndex = 0;
+              nextStep = Step.WORD_GROUP2;                     
+              
+            } else {
+              
+              nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE_COUNTERS;              
+            }            
+          }
+          break;                    
+          
+        default:
+          System.out.println("INVALID STEP");
+          break;       
+      }   
+    
+    }  // End outer while loop 
+    
+  }  // End of method startGame
+  
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    
+    Poetry poetry = new Poetry();
+    poetry.play();
+    
+  }  // End of method main
+
+}  // End of class Poetry