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 Alan Seeger

Charles Sorley
19 May 1895–13 October 1915 (~20)
8 poems analysed
84% affinity
Shared: letters
bio 79% · poems 90%
Isaac Rosenberg
25 November 1890–1 April 1918 (~28)
4 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: gave, world
bio 78% · poems 88%
Rupert Brooke
3 August 1887–23 April 1915 (~28)
5 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: desire, world
bio 75% · poems 90%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
20 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: desire
bio 74% · poems 91%
Francis Ledwidge
19 August 1887–31 July 1917 (~30)
8 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: world, life
bio 74% · poems 91%
Laurence Binyon
10 August 1869–10 March 1943 (~74)
3 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: world
bio 75% · poems 89%
Ernst Stadler
11 August 1883–30 October 1914 (~31)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: french, world
bio 75% · poems 88%
Edward Thomas
3 March 1878–9 April 1917 (~39)
24 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: world, beauty
bio 73% · poems 90%
Wilfred Owen
18 March 1893–4 November 1918 (~25)
20 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: desire
bio 75% · poems 87%
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
27 February 1807–24 March 1882 (~75)
69 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: harvard university
bio 71% · poems 92%
William Ernest Henley
23 August 1849–11 July 1903 (~54)
8 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: world
bio 72% · poems 92%
Alfred Lord Tennyson
6 August 1809–6 October 1892 (~83)
27 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: desire
bio 72% · poems 91%
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