metadata

name: Persian Poetry Dataset
description: >
  This dataset contains a rich collection of Persian poems along with metadata
  about the poets and the verses.

  The data spans various poets and their poems, and includes the verses with
  associated information about their position within each poem.

  The dataset is split into a training set and a test set, with 90% of the
  verses of each poem for each poet used for training and 10% used for testing.
license: gpl-2.0
url: https://github.com/ganjoor/desktop/releases/tag/v2.81
citation: |
  Persian Poetry Dataset. Collected by Kakooch from the Ganjoor Project.
  Available at: https://huggingface.co/datasets/persian_poetry
size: Custom
language:
  - fa
splits:
  train:
    description: >-
      This split contains 90% of the verses of each poem for each poet and is
      used for training.
  test:
    description: >-
      This split contains 10% of the verses of each poem for each poet and is
      used for testing.

Persian Poetry Dataset

Dataset Description

Overview

This dataset contains a rich collection of Persian poems along with metadata about the poets and the verses. The data spans various poets and their poems, and includes the verses with associated information about their position within each poem.

Data Collection

Data Collection Source: The data is sourced from the Ganjoor project. The specific database file can be found in the releases section of their GitHub repository.
Time Period: Oct-12-2023
Collection Methods: The data was collected by downloading the raw database file from the Ganjoor project's GitHub repository.

Data Structure

The dataset is structured into multiple tables, notably poem, poet, and verse tables which contain information about the poems, poets, and verses respectively. The tables are linked through various ID fields that allow the data to be connected and queried together.

Poem Table:
- id: The unique identifier of a poem.
- cat_id: A category identifier linking to poet information.
- title: The title of the poem.
- url: A URL associated with the poem.
Poet Table:
- id: The unique identifier of a poet.
- name: The name of the poet.
- cat_id: A category identifier.
- description: A textual description or biography of the poet.
Verse Table:
- poem_id: Identifier linking the verse to a particular poem.
- vorder: Order of the verse within the poem.
- position: Position of the verse, used to determine if two verses form a hemistich.
- text: The text of the verse.

Data Example

{
  "poet": "Sample Poet",
  "title": "Sample Poem Title",
  "content": [
    {
      "hemistich": {
        "verse0": "First part of a hemistich",
        "verse1": "Second part of a hemistich"
      }
    },
    {
      "verse": {"text": "A standalone verse"}
    }
  ]
}

Dataset Usage

Use Cases

This dataset can be utilized for various Natural Language Processing and analysis tasks related to Persian poetry, such as:

Poem generation
Poet identification
Style analysis

Challenges & Limitations

The dataset does not contain long verses that are over 100 characters.
Some poems may contain verses that form hemistichs, which are represented with specific structure in the dataset.

License

GPL-2 (GNU General Public License) inherited from the original source

Additional Information

Citation

Persian Poetry Dataset. Collected by Kakooch from the Ganjoor Project. Available at: https://huggingface.co/datasets/persian_poetry

Dataset Link

Download the dataset from Hugging Face

Contact

Email: kakooch@gmail.com | GitHub: kakooch

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