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 J.M. Synge
William Butler Yeats
13 June 1865–28 January 1939 (~74)
82% affinity
Shared: county dublin, irish literary revival, irish
bio 74% · poems 91%
James Joyce
2 February 1882–13 January 1941 (~59)
79% affinity
Shared: irish, world
bio 71% · poems 89%
James Clarence Mangan
1 May 1803–20 June 1849 (~46)
79% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 71% · poems 89%
Thomas MacDonagh
1 February 1878–3 May 1916 (~38)
78% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 69% · poems 88%
Joseph Campbell
15 July 1879–6 June 1944 (~65)
78% affinity
Shared: irish literary revival, irish
bio 72% · poems 86%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
77% affinity
Shared: life, world
bio 68% · poems 89%
John Boyle O'Reilly
28 June 1844–10 August 1890 (~46)
77% affinity
Shared: irish, protestant
bio 68% · poems 87%
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
77% affinity
Shared: life
bio 67% · poems 88%
James Stephens
2 February 1882–26 December 1950 (~68)
76% affinity
Shared: irish literary revival, irish
bio 69% · poems 83%
Francis Ledwidge
19 August 1887–31 July 1917 (~30)
75% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 65% · poems 88%
Dylan Thomas
27 October 1914–9 November 1953 (~39)
75% affinity
Shared: life
bio 67% · poems 86%
Thomas Moore
28 May 1779–25 February 1852 (~73)
75% affinity
Shared: trinity college dublin, irish
bio 66% · poems 86%