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 Lady Nairne
Lady Anne Lindsay
8 December 1750–6 May 1825 (~75)
80% affinity
Shared: scottish, social
bio 80%
Isobel Pagan
c. 1740–3 November 1821 (~81)
80% affinity
Shared: robert burns, songs
bio 74% · poems 87%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
79% affinity
Shared: death, grief
bio 71% · poems 88%
Joanna Baillie
11 September 1762–23 February 1851 (~89)
77% affinity
Shared: scottish, social
bio 69% · poems 88%
Robert Burns
25 January 1759–21 July 1796 (~37)
77% affinity
Shared: songs
bio 70% · poems 87%
Fiona Macleod
12 September 1855–12 December 1905 (~50)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 68% · poems 87%
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
14 August 1802–15 October 1838 (~36)
76% affinity
Shared: social, history
bio 69% · poems 84%
Violet Jacob
1 September 1863–9 September 1946 (~83)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish, social
bio 67% · poems 86%
Katharine Tynan Hinkson
23 January 1861–2 April 1931 (~70)
75% affinity
bio 67% · poems 85%
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743–9 March 1825 (~82)
74% affinity
Shared: social, history
bio 65% · poems 85%
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
22 March 1808–15 June 1877 (~69)
74% affinity
Shared: social, death
bio 65% · poems 85%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
74% affinity
Shared: social, death
bio 64% · poems 86%