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 Charlotte Richardson

Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
7 poems analysed
84% affinity
Shared: woman
bio 83% · poems 86%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
185 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: domestic, religious
bio 75% · poems 89%
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
14 September 1883–22 April 1922 (~39)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 85%
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 78% · poems 84%
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847–27 November 1922 (~75)
3 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 76% · poems 86%
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856–17 December 1935 (~79)
3 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 75% · poems 87%
Edna Wahlert McCourt
19 July 1887–4 January 1963 (~76)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 76% · poems 85%
A. Mary F. Robinson
27 February 1857–9 February 1944 (~87)
12 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: culture
bio 73% · poems 89%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
22 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 75% · poems 85%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
79 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: beauty, world
bio 73% · poems 88%
Sara Teasdale
8 August 1884–29 January 1933 (~49)
25 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 74% · poems 87%
Charlotte Brontë
21 April 1816–31 March 1855 (~39)
7 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: women, world, light
bio 73% · poems 87%
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