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 Helen Hoyt

Helen Dudley
3 June 1886–1932 (~46)
1 poem analysed
82% affinity
Shared: harriet monroe, imagism
bio 82%
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
100 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: women
bio 80% · poems 84%
Sara Teasdale
8 August 1884–29 January 1933 (~49)
25 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: women
bio 79% · poems 85%
Hilda Doolittle
10 September 1886–27 September 1961 (~75)
6 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: imagism, women
bio 80% · poems 82%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
22 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 79% · poems 83%
Edna Wahlert McCourt
19 July 1887–4 January 1963 (~76)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 81% · poems 80%
Alice Corbin
16 April 1881–18 July 1949 (~68)
7 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: imagism, editor
bio 78% · poems 83%
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 82% · poems 78%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
185 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: domestic
bio 78% · poems 83%
Amy Lowell
9 February 1874–12 May 1925 (~51)
8 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: helped, social
bio 76% · poems 85%
Mina Loy
27 December 1882–25 September 1966 (~84)
23 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 76% · poems 84%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
79 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: desire
bio 76% · poems 84%
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