PoetRate | Devpost

Opening Screen
After scrolling down -
Write a poem!
Advice from Gemini!

Inspiration

Poetry can be challenging. Traditionally, it's taught through topics such as love or mortality, and ultimately, might have conditioned us students to think that poetry is boring! However, that couldn't be further from the truth.

Thus, we decided to create a website that not only inspires users to write poetry, but also help them improve and hone their skills. Our goal is to spread the joy of writing poetry by making it more accessible and enjoyable for everyone!

What it does

This tool takes a random image from our own curated list of poetry-inspiring catalogue of images, and challenges you to write a poem based off of it. The image is also sent to the Gemini API, which generates its own poem. These poems are both evaluated by Gemini, which outputs a score, and a quick word of advice on how to improve your poem by learning from the AI's example.

How we built it

We integrated the Gemini API to rate and review the poems, limiting its' prompt to a simple JSON file + a bit of advice. The backend was developed using using Node.js. The frontend was designed simply with HTML and CSS.

Challenges we ran into

This was our first time using Node.js, and we had to learn how to manage communication between the frontend and backend. It was also some of our first times coordinating progress among team members to avoid git conflicts and keep our workflow focused.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of the aesthetically pleasing UI how quickly we learned how to use Node.js. Initially, we had modest expectations, but this hackathon pushed us to our limits and forced us to widen our programming skills.

What we learned

We gained experience in server management, UI development, version control with Git, and effective team communication. Additionally, we improved our understanding of the web design process, full-stack development, Node.js, and CSS animations.

What's next for PoetRate

Future plans include adding difficulty levels, more detailed feedback for each poetry category, and analysis across multiple inputs. We aim to introduce different poem formats (quartets, haikus, sonnets), a timer feature, and both speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities.