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 Francis James Child
Anonymous
80% affinity
Shared: the twa sisters, barbara allen
bio 71% · poems 90%
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
27 February 1807–24 March 1882 (~75)
76% affinity
bio 69% · poems 85%
Robert Burns
25 January 1759–21 July 1796 (~37)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish, songs
bio 67% · poems 87%
Thomas Hood
23 May 1799–3 May 1845 (~46)
76% affinity
Shared: love
bio 67% · poems 86%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
76% affinity
Shared: love
bio 68% · poems 85%
Richard Tottel
c. 1528–2 July 1593 (~65)
75% affinity
Shared: love
bio 68% · poems 85%
Charles Harding Firth
16 March 1857–19 February 1936 (~79)
75% affinity
bio 75%
Charles Mackay
27 March 1814–24 December 1889 (~75)
75% affinity
bio 69% · poems 83%
Barry Cornwall
21 November 1787–5 October 1874 (~87)
75% affinity
Shared: songs, love
bio 67% · poems 85%
Sir Walter Scott
15 August 1771–21 September 1832 (~61)
75% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 68% · poems 84%
William Drummond
13 December 1585–4 December 1649 (~64)
75% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 69% · poems 81%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
75% affinity
Shared: songs, love
bio 67% · poems 84%