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 James Ballantine
John Stuart Blackie
28 July 1809–2 March 1895 (~86)
79% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 79%
William Dunbar
c. 1460–c. 1520 (~60)
78% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 78%
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
21 June 1813–4 August 1865 (~52)
76% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 76%
William Drummond
13 December 1585–4 December 1649 (~64)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 76%
Allan Ramsay
c. 15 October 1684–7 January 1758 (~74)
76% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 76%
Robert Burns
25 January 1759–21 July 1796 (~37)
75% affinity
Shared: scottish, songs
bio 75%
William Bell Scott
12 September 1811–22 November 1890 (~79)
75% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 75%
Alexander Scott
c. 1525–c. 1584 (~59)
74% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 74%
John Barbour
c. 1316–13 March 1395 (~79)
74% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 74%
Sir Walter Scott
15 August 1771–21 September 1832 (~61)
74% affinity
Shared: edinburgh, scottish
bio 74%
Robert Henryson
c. 1425–c. 1500 (~75)
74% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 74%
John Skinner
3 October 1721–16 June 1807 (~86)
74% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 74%