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 William Alexander
Alexander Montgomerie
c. 1545–August 1598 (~53)
81% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 78% · poems 84%
William Drummond
13 December 1585–4 December 1649 (~64)
81% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 79% · poems 83%
Sir Walter Raleigh
c. 1554–29 October 1618 (~64)
80% affinity
Shared: history, power
bio 76% · poems 85%
Alexander Scott
c. 1525–c. 1584 (~59)
79% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 79%
Sir Walter Scott
15 August 1771–21 September 1832 (~61)
79% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 76% · poems 83%
Thomas Stanley
3 September 1625–12 April 1678 (~53)
79% affinity
Shared: history
bio 77% · poems 82%
James Thomson
c. 11 September 1700–27 August 1748 (~48)
79% affinity
bio 72% · poems 88%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
79% affinity
Shared: love
bio 71% · poems 90%
Alfred Austin
30 May 1835–2 June 1913 (~78)
79% affinity
bio 70% · poems 90%
King James I of Scotland
July 1394–21 February 1437 (~43)
78% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 78%
Stephen Phillips
28 July 1864–9 December 1915 (~51)
78% affinity
bio 70% · poems 88%
John Sheffield
8 September 1647–24 February 1721 (~74)
78% affinity
bio 73% · poems 84%