New Poem: Early Signs of Life (PLUS a POEMETRICS Sneak Preview) « Think, Kid, Think!
» Are The First Lines of Kids' Poems Memorable?
Here is a poem that I wrote over four years ago to welcome my first nephew into the world, and I am recycling it here to welcome my second, who was just born this week.
But everyone thinks I'm a star.
Allows me to gather my wits.
What is it? It is a heat map showing average poem ratings (on a base scale of 1-10 even though only 2-8 are shown) across the dual spectrums of "mood" (1 = serious vs. 5 = funny) and "topic" (1 = natural vs. 5 = extraordinary). The data is fake (well, sorta fake) for now, but will soon be all too real!
Thanks, Vikram. The idea is to "crowdsource" (and "kidsource") the data, and then analyze it in all sorts of different ways, taking cues from other analytic worlds like baseball, consumer package goods, politics, stock markets, and more.
I'll present a variety of visualizations and tabular views and then seek feedback before I get too heavily into any coding, so everyone who visits TKT will have a chance to influence the product as it evolves.
Great idea, keep up the great work, Ed.
Looks like a mother bird at a nest.
Reminds me of graphing of chaos at MIT.
and your Poemetrics, there is never a dull day on line!
I love charts and numbers so I'm really looking forward to the poemetrics.
Definitely a bird on a nest. Can't wait to see what hatches.
Your welcoming nephew poem? Warm my graph to yellow!
Thank you Joy, Jeanne, Katya, Mary Lee, and Violet! I can't wait to share more POEMETRICS so that you can all provide more direct input. Stay tuned!