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.

Rank by: Both (blended) Life & context Their poems

Poets whose work rhymes most with Julia Ward Howe

Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
Shared: women
bio 76%
Helen Hamilton
12 March 1882–7 November 1954 (~72)
3 poems analysed
74% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 74%
Helen Hoyt
22 January 1887–2 August 1972 (~85)
2 poems analysed
73% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 73%
Jessie Pope
18 March 1868–14 December 1941 (~73)
2 poems analysed
73% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 73%
Amy Lowell
9 February 1874–12 May 1925 (~51)
8 poems analysed
72% affinity
Shared: social
bio 72%
Phoebe Cary
4 September 1824–31 July 1871 (~47)
3 poems analysed
72% affinity
Shared: henry wadsworth longfellow, women, social
bio 72%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
22 poems analysed
72% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 72%
Katharine Lee Bates
12 August 1859–28 March 1929 (~70)
3 poems analysed
72% affinity
Shared: women, social
bio 72%
Dorothy Greenwell
6 December 1821–29 March 1882 (~61)
2 poems analysed
71% affinity
Shared: henry wadsworth longfellow, women, social
bio 71%
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
25 September 1793–16 May 1835 (~42)
11 poems analysed
71% affinity
Shared: women
bio 71%
Achsa White Sprague
17 November 1827–6 July 1862 (~35)
1 poem analysed
71% affinity
Shared: women
bio 71%
Louise Chandler Moulton
10 April 1835–10 August 1908 (~73)
2 poems analysed
71% affinity
bio 71%
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