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 Alice Cary
Phoebe Cary
4 September 1824–31 July 1871 (~47)
88% affinity
Shared: mount healthy, nearer home, women
bio 89% · poems 87%
Alice Corbin
16 April 1881–18 July 1949 (~68)
81% affinity
bio 78% · poems 85%
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856–17 December 1935 (~79)
79% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 74% · poems 86%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
79% affinity
bio 74% · poems 86%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 74% · poems 85%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
79% affinity
Shared: social
bio 76% · poems 83%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 79% · poems 78%
Charlotte Richardson
5 March 1775–26 September 1825 (~50)
78% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 80%
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
78% affinity
Shared: women, york
bio 73% · poems 84%
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853 (~84)
78% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 72% · poems 85%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
78% affinity
Shared: domestic, religious
bio 72% · poems 84%
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847–27 November 1922 (~75)
77% affinity
Shared: women
bio 76% · poems 79%