Poet Affinities
Every poet has a thematic centre of gravity averaged from their critiqued poems. Here we use that to find the poets whose work rhymes with a given writer — often in surprising ways.
Poets whose work rhymes most with Cecil Frances Alexander by life & context
Elizabeth Prentiss
26 October 1818–13 August 1878 (~60)
74% affinity
Shared: hymn, religious, devotional
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
14 September 1883–22 April 1922 (~39)
73% affinity
Shared: religious, social
Charlotte Richardson
5 March 1775–26 September 1825 (~50)
72% affinity
Shared: religious, devotional
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
71% affinity
Shared: irish
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847–27 November 1922 (~75)
70% affinity
Shared: religious
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
25 September 1793–16 May 1835 (~42)
70% affinity
Shared: world, nature
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
70% affinity
Shared: social, world
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
70% affinity
Shared: beauty
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743–9 March 1825 (~82)
69% affinity
Shared: religious, social
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
69% affinity
Shared: social
Christina Rossetti
5 December 1830–29 December 1894 (~64)
69% affinity
Shared: religious
Mary Coleridge
23 September 1861–25 August 1907 (~46)
68% affinity
Shared: social