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 Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
1 February 1902–22 May 1967 (~65)
82% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, new york city
bio 76% · poems 89%
George Marion McClellan
29 September 1860–17 May 1934 (~74)
82% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, harlem
bio 78% · poems 87%
Paul Laurence Dunbar
27 June 1872–9 February 1906 (~34)
82% affinity
Shared: african, racial
bio 76% · poems 89%
Madison Julius Cawein
23 March 1865–8 December 1914 (~49)
81% affinity
Shared: color, racial
bio 75% · poems 88%
James Edwin Campbell
28 September 1867–26 January 1896 (~29)
81% affinity
Shared: african
bio 75% · poems 89%
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
2 September 1895–3 February 1919 (~24)
80% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, african
bio 77% · poems 85%
Fenton Johnson
7 May 1888–17 September 1958 (~70)
80% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, african
bio 75% · poems 87%
Charles Frederick White
1876–1955 (~79)
80% affinity
bio 78% · poems 83%
Claude McKay
15 September 1890–22 May 1948 (~58)
80% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, harlem
bio 74% · poems 87%
Charles Bertram Johnson
5 October 1880–20 March 1958 (~78)
80% affinity
Shared: harlem renaissance, african
bio 74% · poems 87%
Lucian B. Watkins
25 May 1879–2 February 1921 (~42)
79% affinity
Shared: african, world
bio 74% · poems 86%
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
22 April 1882–1 February 1939 (~57)
79% affinity
Shared: african
bio 74% · poems 86%