diff --git a/src/main/webapp/index.html b/src/main/webapp/index.html
index 818a6b2..3e02842 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
     <meta name="description" content="Collins Nji" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
+    <script src="script.js"></script>
     <title>The Poem Critic</title>
 </head>
 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/script.js b/src/main/webapp/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53c2d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//Splits string containing poem into array of lines
+function splitPoem(poem) {
+    var lines = poem.split("\n");
+    return lines;
+};
\ No newline at end of file