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Fantastic.

From the examples in the paper it would seem possible to use this system not only to "translate" poetry but also to "produce" poetry, ie to transform a non-poetic text into poetry. The first example is wonderful (table 2 in the pdf):

Reference: A police spokesman said three people had been arrested and the material was being examined.

Baseline: A policeman said that three people were arrested and that the material is currently being analyzed.

Poetic: Couplet in amphibrachic tetrameter

  An officer stated that three were arrested
  and that the equipment is currently tested.