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 Jonathan Swift
Tobias George Smollett
c. 19 March 1721–17 September 1771 (~50)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Alexander Pope
21 May 1688–30 May 1744 (~56)
70% affinity
bio 70%
John Oldham
9 August 1653–9 December 1683 (~30)
68% affinity
Shared: satirical
bio 68%
John Skelton
c. 1460–21 June 1529 (~69)
68% affinity
Shared: satirical, power
bio 68%
Mark Twain
30 November 1835–21 April 1910 (~75)
67% affinity
bio 67%
Samuel Johnson
18 September 1709–13 December 1784 (~75)
66% affinity
bio 66%
Oliver Goldsmith
c. 10 November 1728–4 April 1774 (~46)
66% affinity
bio 66%
Sir John Suckling
10 February 1609–1642 (~33)
66% affinity
bio 66%
William Makepeace Thackeray
18 July 1811–24 December 1863 (~52)
66% affinity
bio 66%
Algernon Charles Swinburne
5 April 1837–10 April 1909 (~72)
65% affinity
bio 65%
James Joyce
2 February 1882–13 January 1941 (~59)
65% affinity
Shared: irish
bio 65%
John Dryden
9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)
65% affinity
Shared: satirical, power
bio 65%