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.

Gordon Bottomley

20 February 1874–25 August 1948 (~74)
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Poets whose work rhymes most with Gordon Bottomley

Clifford Bax
13 July 1886–18 November 1962 (~76)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: plays
bio 78%
Lascelles Abercrombie
9 January 1881–27 October 1938 (~57)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: georgian poetry
bio 78%
George Darley
December 1795–23 November 1846 (~51)
1 poem analysed
77% affinity
bio 77%
Ernest Dowson
2 August 1867–23 February 1900 (~33)
18 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Robert Williams Buchanan
18 August 1841–10 June 1901 (~60)
3 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
William Lisle Bowles
24 September 1762–7 April 1850 (~88)
8 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
30 June 1803–26 January 1849 (~46)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
Shared: drama, play
bio 76%
Richard Le Gallienne
20 January 1866–15 September 1947 (~81)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Stephen Phillips
28 July 1864–9 December 1915 (~51)
4 poems analysed
75% affinity
Shared: drama, play
bio 75%
Gerald Gould
9 April 1885–2 November 1936 (~51)
2 poems analysed
75% affinity
bio 75%
Michael Drayton
1563–December 1631 (~68)
1 poem analysed
75% affinity
bio 75%
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