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 Aphra Behn
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
14 August 1802–15 October 1838 (~36)
77% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 70% · poems 86%
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
22 March 1808–15 June 1877 (~69)
77% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 68% · poems 88%
Katherine Philips
1 January 1632–22 June 1664 (~32)
77% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 73% · poems 82%
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743–9 March 1825 (~82)
77% affinity
Shared: women
bio 69% · poems 85%
Thomas Heywood
c. 1574–August 1641 (~67)
76% affinity
Shared: desire, love
bio 68% · poems 86%
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853 (~84)
76% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 67% · poems 88%
Ben Jonson
c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)
76% affinity
Shared: desire
bio 67% · poems 88%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
76% affinity
Shared: woman
bio 68% · poems 86%
Joanna Baillie
11 September 1762–23 February 1851 (~89)
76% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 71% · poems 82%
John Dryden
9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)
76% affinity
Shared: restoration
bio 63% · poems 91%
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
25 September 1793–16 May 1835 (~42)
76% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 68% · poems 84%
Violet Fane
24 February 1843–13 October 1905 (~62)
75% affinity
Shared: women, desire
bio 67% · poems 85%