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 Emma Lazarus

Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
100 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: women
bio 71% · poems 85%
Alice Corbin
16 April 1881–18 July 1949 (~68)
7 poems analysed
76% affinity
Shared: history, world
bio 67% · poems 88%
Lola Ridge
12 December 1873–19 May 1941 (~68)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
Shared: women, york
bio 69% · poems 84%
Mina Loy
27 December 1882–25 September 1966 (~84)
23 poems analysed
76% affinity
Shared: women, world
bio 67% · poems 86%
Katharine Lee Bates
12 August 1859–28 March 1929 (~70)
3 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: women, history
bio 69% · poems 83%
Amy Lowell
9 February 1874–12 May 1925 (~51)
8 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: world
bio 67% · poems 86%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
2 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: women
bio 70% · poems 82%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
185 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: world
bio 68% · poems 84%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
22 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: women
bio 66% · poems 86%
Amy Levy
10 November 1861–10 September 1889 (~28)
3 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: jewish, women
bio 68% · poems 84%
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
25 September 1793–16 May 1835 (~42)
11 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: women, history
bio 66% · poems 85%
James Oppenheim
24 May 1882–4 August 1932 (~50)
2 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: new york city, women
bio 67% · poems 84%
Skip to main content