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 Ford Madox Hueffer

John Ford
17 April 1586–c. 1639 (~53)
2 poems analysed
83% affinity
Shared: social, love
bio 79% · poems 88%
J.G. Holland
24 July 1819–12 October 1881 (~62)
7 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: fiction, social
bio 72% · poems 89%
W. H. Davies
3 July 1871–26 September 1940 (~69)
23 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 70% · poems 92%
Edward Thomas
3 March 1878–9 April 1917 (~39)
24 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: love
bio 70% · poems 91%
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
23 poems analysed
79% affinity
bio 70% · poems 91%
John Drinkwater
1 June 1882–25 March 1937 (~55)
5 poems analysed
79% affinity
bio 71% · poems 89%
F. S. Flint
19 December 1885–28 February 1960 (~75)
4 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: helped
bio 70% · poems 90%
Rupert Brooke
3 August 1887–23 April 1915 (~28)
5 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: social, beloved, beauty
bio 69% · poems 91%
Stephen Phillips
28 July 1864–9 December 1915 (~51)
4 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: beauty
bio 68% · poems 92%
Thomas Hardy
2 June 1840–11 January 1928 (~88)
40 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: novels, fiction
bio 67% · poems 92%
Alfred Noyes
16 September 1880–25 June 1958 (~78)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
bio 70% · poems 88%
Laurence Binyon
10 August 1869–10 March 1943 (~74)
3 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: world
bio 70% · poems 89%
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