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 Sojourner Truth
Frances E. W. Harper
24 September 1825–22 February 1911 (~86)
66% affinity
Shared: frederick douglass, women, woman
bio 66%
Achsa White Sprague
17 November 1827–6 July 1862 (~35)
62% affinity
Shared: women, woman, religious
bio 62%
Phillis Wheatley
c. 1753–5 December 1784 (~31)
61% affinity
Shared: woman, slavery
bio 61%
Georgia Douglas Johnson
10 September 1880–15 May 1966 (~86)
60% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 60%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
60% affinity
Shared: women, woman, religious
bio 60%
Emma Lazarus
22 July 1849–19 November 1887 (~38)
60% affinity
Shared: women, york, power
bio 60%
Jessie R. Fauset
27 April 1882–30 April 1961 (~79)
60% affinity
Shared: women
bio 60%
Julia Ward Howe
27 May 1819–17 October 1910 (~91)
60% affinity
Shared: women
bio 60%
Alice Dunbar Nelson
19 July 1875–18 September 1935 (~60)
58% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 58%
Eunice Tietjens
29 July 1884–6 September 1944 (~60)
58% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 58%
Phoebe Cary
4 September 1824–31 July 1871 (~47)
58% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 58%
Anne Whitney
2 September 1821–23 January 1915 (~94)
58% affinity
Shared: women
bio 58%