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 King James I of Scotland
William Alexander
c. 1567–12 February 1640 (~73)
78% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 78%
Alexander Scott
c. 1525–c. 1584 (~59)
77% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 77%
Alexander Montgomerie
c. 1545–August 1598 (~53)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 76%
James Graham
1612–21 May 1650 (~38)
76% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 76%
William Drummond
13 December 1585–4 December 1649 (~64)
74% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 74%
Sir Robert Ayton
1570–25 February 1638 (~68)
74% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 74%
Sir Walter Scott
15 August 1771–21 September 1832 (~61)
73% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 73%
John Barbour
c. 1316–13 March 1395 (~79)
72% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 72%
William Dunbar
c. 1460–c. 1520 (~60)
72% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 72%
Robert Henryson
c. 1425–c. 1500 (~75)
72% affinity
Shared: scottish, medieval
bio 72%
James Ballantine
11 June 1806–18 December 1877 (~71)
71% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 71%
Robert Burns
25 January 1759–21 July 1796 (~37)
70% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 70%