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 C. P. Cavafy by life & context
Gaius Valerius Catullus
c. 84 BC–c. 54 BC (~30)
73% affinity
Shared: desire
John Keats
31 October 1795–23 February 1821 (~26)
72% affinity
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
72% affinity
Shared: desire
Francis Davison
c. 1575–c. 1619 (~44)
71% affinity
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
8 December 65 BC–27 November 8 BC (~38)
71% affinity
Shared: desire
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
71% affinity
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
71% affinity
Madison Julius Cawein
23 March 1865–8 December 1914 (~49)
70% affinity
Paul Valéry
30 October 1871–20 July 1945 (~74)
70% affinity
Shared: desire
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
70% affinity
Shared: desire
Arthur Hugh Clough
1 January 1819–13 November 1861 (~42)
70% affinity
James Elroy Flecker
5 November 1884–3 January 1915 (~31)
70% affinity
Shared: history, past