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 Humbert Wolfe

Wilfred Owen
18 March 1893–4 November 1918 (~25)
20 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: love, suffering
bio 76% · poems 86%
William Ernest Henley
23 August 1849–11 July 1903 (~54)
8 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 74% · poems 88%
Isaac Rosenberg
25 November 1890–1 April 1918 (~28)
4 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: jewish, beauty
bio 76% · poems 86%
Gerald Gould
9 April 1885–2 November 1936 (~51)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social, love
bio 76% · poems 85%
W. H. Davies
3 July 1871–26 September 1940 (~69)
23 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 73% · poems 89%
Rupert Brooke
3 August 1887–23 April 1915 (~28)
5 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 73% · poems 88%
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865–22 January 1945 (~80)
23 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: love, beauty
bio 73% · poems 88%
T. S. Eliot
26 September 1888–4 January 1965 (~77)
14 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 74% · poems 87%
Alfred Lord Tennyson
6 August 1809–6 October 1892 (~83)
27 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 73% · poems 88%
Charles Sorley
19 May 1895–13 October 1915 (~20)
8 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: britain
bio 74% · poems 87%
Abraham Cowley
1618–28 July 1667 (~49)
3 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: love
bio 73% · poems 87%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
20 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: social
bio 71% · poems 90%
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