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 Edna Wahlert McCourt
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
84% affinity
Shared: women
bio 80% · poems 89%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
84% affinity
Shared: memory, life
bio 78% · poems 91%
Alice Corbin
16 April 1881–18 July 1949 (~68)
84% affinity
Shared: st. louis, poetry magazine
bio 80% · poems 88%
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
84% affinity
Shared: women
bio 82% · poems 86%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
83% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 79% · poems 87%
Sara Teasdale
8 August 1884–29 January 1933 (~49)
83% affinity
Shared: st. louis, women
bio 78% · poems 88%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
82% affinity
Shared: nature, life
bio 77% · poems 88%
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847–27 November 1922 (~75)
82% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 87%
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856–17 December 1935 (~79)
82% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 78% · poems 86%
Elizabeth Stoddard
6 May 1823–1 August 1902 (~79)
81% affinity
Shared: women, nature
bio 76% · poems 88%
Fannie Isabel Sherrick
c. 31 May 1855–c. 1890 (~35)
81% affinity
Shared: st. louis, women
bio 77% · poems 87%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 80% · poems 83%