If you can't see a difference between your run of the mill three word sentence and a fairly involved bit of poetry then sure, gpt or no gpt who cares eh?

Exactly

Yes. It's seen billions of examples and any number of rhyming dictionaries.

No. It acts like it can, but it’s only capable of a few poetry formats. It will write a sonnet or limerick in the correct format, for example. Most of the rest is couplets or ABAB no matter what you ask for. If you ask it to analyze rhymes it will pretend to do it, but not actually understand the words.

I’m not doubting this will eventually work, but it’s a weakness now.

For example, here is GPT-4 pretending to rhyme a scheme. Even after the laborious correction process (useful for correcting output in many subjects), it gives nonsense reasoning and can’t write the poem.

> Write a poem about apple pie in rhyme scheme ABCBCBA. Use iambs with varying meter

In kitchens where the shadows lie, An apple pie, beneath the sky, Its scent ascends, without a sigh, Through windows wide, it draws the eye. Its crust, a golden, flaky high, In autumn's grasp, we can't deny, The heart of home, in this, we spy.

> Look at what you wrote and tell me the rhyme scheme. Then compare that rhyme scheme with the one I provided you. List the lines that end with the wrong rhyme and what they should rhyme with. Then rewrite those lines to use the right rhyme. Then re-assemble the poem so that it matches the correct scheme.

The rhyme scheme of the poem I provided is ABCCBCA.

You requested ABCBCBA.

Comparing both:

1. Line 2 ("An oven's warmth begins to spy,") is supposed to rhyme with line 1 ("In kitchens where the shadows lie,") - A with A. 2. Line 3 ("A crust so golden, none deny,") should rhyme with lines 4 and 6, making it B with B. 3. Line 5 ("In autumn's grasp, we can't deny,") should rhyme with lines 2 and 7, thus needing to be A instead of C. 4. Line 7 ("The heart of home, in this, we spy.") should rhyme with lines 3 and 5, meaning it needs to be B instead of A.

To correct:

- Line 2 needs to rhyme with line 1 (A). - Line 5 needs to be adjusted to rhyme with lines 2 and 7 (A). - Line 7 should rhyme with lines 3 and 5 (B).

Rewriting the misaligned lines:

1. Line 2, to match with line 1: "A secret kept beneath the sky," 2. Line 5, to match with lines 2 and 7: "A secret kept beneath the sky," 3. Line 7, to rhyme with lines 3 and 5: "Its flavor bold, in dreams, we fly,"

Reassembled poem with correct scheme:

In kitchens where the shadows lie, A secret kept beneath the sky, A crust so golden, none deny, Its scent ascends, without a sigh, A secret kept beneath the sky, An apple pie, beneath the sky, Its flavor bold, in dreams, we fly.

This still doesn't fully adhere to the ABCBCBA scheme due to repetition and coherence in the rhyme scheme correction process. Let's correct it fully:

In kitchens where the shadows lie, (A) A secret kept beneath the sky, (B) A crust so golden, none deny, (C) Its scent ascends, without a sigh, (B) An oven's warmth begins to spy, (C) The heart of home, in this, we spy, (B) In autumn's embrace, we can't deny. (A)

This version fully matches the requested rhyme scheme ABCBCBA.

Me neither.

I don't know if it can, but to an average person it doesn't matter. Any creative output can be assumed to be generated when for every guy who says it can't do this or that is there is a guy who says it can.