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 John Davidson
W. H. Davies
3 July 1871–26 September 1940 (~69)
83% affinity
Shared: social, world
bio 80% · poems 85%
William Bell Scott
12 September 1811–22 November 1890 (~79)
80% affinity
Shared: scottish, life
bio 76% · poems 84%
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
2 June 1878–26 May 1962 (~84)
79% affinity
Shared: social, class
bio 76% · poems 83%
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
79% affinity
Shared: urban
bio 78% · poems 81%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
79% affinity
Shared: social
bio 75% · poems 84%
Arthur Hugh Clough
1 January 1819–13 November 1861 (~42)
79% affinity
Shared: social, religious
bio 75% · poems 84%
Stephen Phillips
28 July 1864–9 December 1915 (~51)
78% affinity
bio 76% · poems 81%
Charles Whitehead
4 October 1804–5 July 1862 (~58)
78% affinity
Shared: social, life
bio 75% · poems 83%
Sydney Dobell
5 April 1824–22 August 1874 (~50)
78% affinity
bio 76% · poems 80%
Dylan Thomas
27 October 1914–9 November 1953 (~39)
78% affinity
Shared: world
bio 72% · poems 85%
Matthew Arnold
24 December 1822–15 April 1888 (~66)
78% affinity
Shared: social
bio 72% · poems 84%
William Watson
2 August 1858–11 August 1935 (~77)
78% affinity
Shared: inherited
bio 76% · poems 80%