public string GeneratePoem(string problem)
{
// string poem =
//@"Hail (best-known name), (descriptive epithet),
//Child of (parent), lover of (spouse)
//You who dwell in (name of hall),
//You who (summarize several relevant deeds)
//With your (characteristic tool or weapon)
//Come swiftly to aid me
//As I (summarize problem being addressed)";
Dictionary <string, NordicGod> gods = Gods();
NordicGod god = Pick(gods.Values.ToList());
string poem =
string.Format(
@"Hail {0}, {1},
Child of {2}, lover of {3}
You who dwell in {4},
You who {5}
With your {6}
Come swiftly to aid me
As I {7}", god.Name, Pick(god.Epithets), Pick(god.Parents), Pick(god.Spouses), Pick(god.Halls), Pick(god.Deeds), Pick(god.Tools),
problem);
return(poem);
}
public Dictionary <string, NordicGod> Gods()
{
Dictionary <string, NordicGod> godList = new Dictionary <string, NordicGod>();
NordicGod odin = new NordicGod();
odin.Name = "Odin";
odin.Epithets = new List <string> {
"One Eye", "Vegtam", "Gangleri"
};
odin.Spouses = new List <string> {
"Frig"
};
//Thrudvangar with 540 apartments. Thor has a hall which he resided, called Bilskirnir
odin.Halls = new List <string> {
"Valhalla"
};
odin.Parents = new List <string> {
"Bor", "Bestlan"
};
//List<string> { "Jörd", "Odin" };
odin.Tools = new List <string> {
"Gungnir", "Draupner"
}; //spear, ring
odin.Deeds = new List <string> {
"put the sword Balmung into the oak tree Branstock."
};
godList.Add(odin.Name, odin);
NordicGod thor = new NordicGod();
thor.Name = "Thor";
thor.Epithets = new List <string> {
"Öku-Þor"
};
thor.Spouses = new List <string> {
"Sif", "Jarnsaxa"
};
//Thrudvangar with 540 apartments. Thor has a hall which he resided, called Bilskirnir
thor.Halls = new List <string> {
"Thrudvangar", "Bilskirnir"
};
thor.Parents = new List <string> {
"Jörd", "Odin"
};
//List<string> { "Jörd", "Odin" };
thor.Tools = new List <string> {
"Mjollnir", "Járngreipr", "Grídarvöl", "Megingjarpar"
}; //hammer and gloves
thor.Deeds = new List <string> {
"fished out the serpent of the world"
};
godList.Add(thor.Name, thor);
return(godList);
}