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 Thomas MacDonagh
James Clarence Mangan
1 May 1803–20 June 1849 (~46)
82% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 75% · poems 90%
William Butler Yeats
13 June 1865–28 January 1939 (~74)
81% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 73% · poems 90%
Francis Ledwidge
19 August 1887–31 July 1917 (~30)
81% affinity
Shared: easter rising, irish
bio 74% · poems 88%
Joseph Campbell
15 July 1879–6 June 1944 (~65)
80% affinity
Shared: easter rising, irish
bio 75% · poems 87%
Archibald MacLeish
7 May 1892–20 April 1982 (~90)
79% affinity
bio 73% · poems 87%
Dylan Thomas
27 October 1914–9 November 1953 (~39)
79% affinity
Shared: life
bio 72% · poems 87%
John Boyle O'Reilly
28 June 1844–10 August 1890 (~46)
79% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 70% · poems 89%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
78% affinity
Shared: life, death
bio 70% · poems 89%
Robert Burns
25 January 1759–21 July 1796 (~37)
78% affinity
Shared: life
bio 70% · poems 88%
Edward Thomas
3 March 1878–9 April 1917 (~39)
78% affinity
Shared: life, death
bio 70% · poems 88%
J.M. Synge
16 April 1871–24 March 1909 (~38)
78% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 69% · poems 88%
Thomas Moore
28 May 1779–25 February 1852 (~73)
77% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 69% · poems 86%