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 Frances E. W. Harper
Phillis Wheatley
c. 1753–5 December 1784 (~31)
80% affinity
Shared: slavery, african
bio 78% · poems 83%
Georgia Douglas Johnson
10 September 1880–15 May 1966 (~86)
79% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 78% · poems 81%
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
8 July 1902–30 May 1981 (~79)
78% affinity
Shared: african, woman
bio 76% · poems 79%
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
22 April 1882–1 February 1939 (~57)
77% affinity
Shared: african, education
bio 71% · poems 85%
Alice Dunbar Nelson
19 July 1875–18 September 1935 (~60)
77% affinity
Shared: national association of colored women, women
bio 77% · poems 76%
Anne Spencer
6 February 1882–27 July 1975 (~93)
76% affinity
Shared: african, woman
bio 75% · poems 79%
Jessie R. Fauset
27 April 1882–30 April 1961 (~79)
76% affinity
Shared: women, philadelphia
bio 76%
Charles Frederick White
1876–1955 (~79)
76% affinity
Shared: philadelphia
bio 71% · poems 82%
Phoebe Cary
4 September 1824–31 July 1871 (~47)
76% affinity
Shared: the slave mother, women, woman
bio 74% · poems 78%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
75% affinity
Shared: women, woman, education
bio 71% · poems 81%
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853 (~84)
75% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 72% · poems 79%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
75% affinity
Shared: women, woman
bio 71% · poems 80%