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.

Rank by: Both (blended) Life & context Their poems

Poets whose work rhymes most with Hannah More

Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743–9 March 1825 (~82)
8 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: social, women
bio 77%
George Eliot
22 November 1819–22 December 1880 (~61)
2 poems analysed
74% affinity
Shared: social, religious
bio 74%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
7 poems analysed
73% affinity
Shared: social
bio 73%
Elizabeth Prentiss
26 October 1818–13 August 1878 (~60)
3 poems analysed
73% affinity
Shared: women, religious
bio 73%
Sarah Doudney
15 January 1841–8 December 1926 (~85)
1 poem analysed
73% affinity
Shared: social, women
bio 73%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
2 poems analysed
72% affinity
Shared: women, religious
bio 72%
Aphra Behn
1640–16 April 1689 (~49)
7 poems analysed
71% affinity
Shared: women
bio 71%
Elizabeth Stoddard
6 May 1823–1 August 1902 (~79)
2 poems analysed
71% affinity
Shared: women, female
bio 71%
Elizabeth Craven
17 December 1750–13 January 1828 (~78)
1 poem analysed
71% affinity
Shared: social, women
bio 71%
Charlotte Brontë
21 April 1816–31 March 1855 (~39)
7 poems analysed
71% affinity
Shared: women
bio 71%
Joanna Baillie
11 September 1762–23 February 1851 (~89)
5 poems analysed
70% affinity
Shared: social, women
bio 70%
Mary Lamb
3 December 1764–20 May 1847 (~83)
3 poems analysed
70% affinity
bio 70%
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