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 Phoebe Cary
Alice Cary
26 April 1820–12 February 1871 (~51)
88% affinity
Shared: mount healthy, nearer home
bio 89% · poems 87%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
78% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 72% · poems 86%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
78% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 76% · poems 80%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
78% affinity
Shared: life, death
bio 71% · poems 86%
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
78% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 71% · poems 85%
Josephine Preston Peabody
30 May 1874–4 December 1922 (~48)
77% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 74% · poems 81%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
77% affinity
Shared: life, death
bio 70% · poems 86%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
77% affinity
Shared: woman, social
bio 71% · poems 84%
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856–17 December 1935 (~79)
77% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 70% · poems 85%
Mary Coleridge
23 September 1861–25 August 1907 (~46)
77% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 72% · poems 83%
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853 (~84)
77% affinity
Shared: women, woman, social
bio 70% · poems 85%
Amy Lowell
9 February 1874–12 May 1925 (~51)
77% affinity
Shared: woman, social
bio 71% · poems 83%