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 Grace Hazard Conkling
Helen Hoyt
22 January 1887–2 August 1972 (~85)
76% affinity
Shared: women
bio 76%
Grace Fallow Norton
29 October 1876–1926 (~50)
75% affinity
Shared: smith college, women
bio 75%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
75% affinity
Shared: imaginative
bio 75%
Edna Wahlert McCourt
19 July 1887–4 January 1963 (~76)
74% affinity
Shared: women, music
bio 74%
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791–10 June 1865 (~74)
74% affinity
Shared: women, education
bio 74%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Genevieve Taggard
28 November 1894–8 November 1948 (~54)
74% affinity
Shared: new york city
bio 74%
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
74% affinity
Shared: new york city, women
bio 74%
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
73% affinity
Shared: women
bio 73%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
73% affinity
bio 73%
Helen Dudley
3 June 1886–1932 (~46)
72% affinity
Shared: women
bio 72%
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
72% affinity
Shared: women, marriage
bio 72%