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 James Thomson
James Thomson
c. 11 September 1700–27 August 1748 (~48)
81% affinity
bio 81%
Francis Thompson
18 December 1859–13 November 1907 (~48)
80% affinity
Shared: london
bio 80%
Robert Williams Buchanan
18 August 1841–10 June 1901 (~60)
78% affinity
Shared: london
bio 78%
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
75% affinity
Shared: urban
bio 75%
Dylan Thomas
27 October 1914–9 November 1953 (~39)
75% affinity
bio 75%
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
75% affinity
bio 75%
John Davidson
11 April 1857–23 March 1909 (~52)
74% affinity
Shared: urban
bio 74%
Edward Thomas
3 March 1878–9 April 1917 (~39)
74% affinity
bio 74%
William Thom
c. December 1798–29 February 1848 (~50)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Theodore Tilton
2 October 1835–29 May 1907 (~72)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Ernest Dowson
2 August 1867–23 February 1900 (~33)
73% affinity
Shared: alcoholism, london
bio 73%