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 Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
30 May 1903–9 January 1946 (~43)
82% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, new york city, african
bio 76% · poems 89%
Fenton Johnson
7 May 1888–17 September 1958 (~70)
80% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, african, racial
bio 75% · poems 87%
Joshua Henry Jones
1876–14 December 1955 (~79)
80% affinity
Shared: african, racial, social
bio 76% · poems 84%
Edward Smyth Jones
March 1881–28 September 1968 (~87)
80% affinity
Shared: new york city, african
bio 74% · poems 86%
Paul Laurence Dunbar
27 June 1872–9 February 1906 (~34)
79% affinity
Shared: african, racial, social
bio 72% · poems 88%
Charles Frederick White
1876–1955 (~79)
79% affinity
Shared: justice, country, life
bio 75% · poems 84%
James Weldon Johnson
17 June 1871–26 June 1938 (~67)
79% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, harlem
bio 74% · poems 85%
Otto Leland Bohanan
c. 1895–6 December 1932 (~37)
79% affinity
Shared: new york city, african, racial
bio 73% · poems 86%
Lucian B. Watkins
25 May 1879–2 February 1921 (~42)
79% affinity
Shared: african
bio 74% · poems 84%
John Wesley Holloway
28 July 1865–31 October 1935 (~70)
78% affinity
Shared: african, life
bio 73% · poems 85%
Leslie Pinckney Hill
14 May 1880–15 February 1960 (~80)
78% affinity
Shared: african, life
bio 70% · poems 88%
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
22 April 1882–1 February 1939 (~57)
77% affinity
Shared: african
bio 71% · poems 85%