diff --git a/poem_server/app/views.py b/poem_server/app/views.py
index 9a20b83..9de8ee5 100644
--- a/poem_server/app/views.py
+++ b/poem_server/app/views.py
@@ -5,4 +5,93 @@ from random import choice, sample
 
 @route_get('lines/random', args={})
 def get_random_line(params):
+    #returns a random line of poetry#
     return {'line': Line.objects.random().text}
+
+@route_get('lines/about', args={'topic': str})
+def lines_about(params):
+    #returns a random line containing the given topic#
+    topic = params['topic']
+    lines = Line.objects.filter(clean_text__contains=topic)
+
+    if lines.count() == 0:
+        raise NotFound(f"No lines found containg '{topic}'")
+
+    line = lines.random()
+    return {
+        'line': line.text,
+        'topic': topic
+    }
+@route_get('lines/rhyme', args = {'word': str})
+def lines_rhyme(params):
+    #returns a random line which rhyms with the given word#
+    word = params['word']
+    rhyme = Rhyme.get_rhyme_for_word(word)
+
+    if not rhyme or rhyme.lines.count() == 0:
+        raise NotFound(f"No rhymes found for '{word}'")
+
+    line = rhyme.lines.random()
+    return {
+        'line': line.text,
+        'word': word
+    }
+
+@route_get('couplets/random', args = {})
+def random_couplet(params):
+    #returns a random rhyming couplet
+    line1 = Line.objects.random()
+    line2 = line1.rhyming_lines().exclude(id=line1.id).random()
+
+    return{
+        'lines': [line1.text, line2.text]
+    }
+
+@route_get('couplets/about', args = {'topic': str})
+def couplets_about(params):
+    #returns a rhyming couplet where the first line contains to topic
+    topic = params['topic']
+    lines = Line.objects.filter(clean_text__contains = topic)
+
+    if lines.count() == 0:
+        raise NotFound(f"No lines found containing '{topic}'")
+    
+    line1 = lines.random()
+    lines2 = line1.rhyming_lines().exclude(id=line1.id).random()
+
+    return{
+        'lines': [line1.text, line2.text],
+        'topic' : topic
+    }
+
+@route_get('couplets/rhyme', args = {'word': str})
+def couplets_rhyme(params):
+    #returns a rhyming couplet for the given word
+    word = params['word']
+    rhyme = Rhyme.get_rhyme_for_word(word)
+
+    if not rhyme or rhyme.lines.count() < 2:
+        raise NotFound(f"Not enough rhymes found for '{word}' to make a couplet")
+
+    line1 = rhyme.lines.random()
+    line2 = line1.rhyming_lines().exclude(id=line1.id).random()
+
+    return{
+        'lines': [line1.text, line2.text],
+        'word': word
+    }
+
+@route_get('lines/start', args = {'prefix': str})
+def lines_starting_with(params):
+    #returns a random line that starts with the given prefix
+    prefix = params['prefix']
+    lines = Line.object.filter(clean_text__startswith=prefix)
+
+    if lines.count() == 0:
+        raise NotFound(f"No lines start with '{prefix}'")
+
+    line = lines.random()
+    return{
+        'line': line.text,
+        'prefix': prefix
+    }