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 Myra Viola Wilds
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850–30 October 1919 (~69)
81% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 85%
Elizabeth Devereux
12 March 1934–29 July 2023 (~89)
80% affinity
Shared: life
bio 79% · poems 82%
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854–13 September 1925 (~71)
80% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 82%
Elinor Wylie
7 September 1885–16 December 1928 (~43)
80% affinity
Shared: life
bio 76% · poems 84%
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830–15 May 1886 (~56)
80% affinity
Shared: life, self
bio 75% · poems 85%
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892–19 October 1950 (~58)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 75% · poems 84%
Grace Fallow Norton
29 October 1876–1926 (~50)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 82%
Edna Wahlert McCourt
19 July 1887–4 January 1963 (~76)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 77% · poems 81%
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856–17 December 1935 (~79)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 74% · poems 85%
Mathilde Blind
21 March 1841–26 November 1896 (~55)
79% affinity
Shared: women, love
bio 75% · poems 83%
Helen Dudley
3 June 1886–1932 (~46)
79% affinity
Shared: women
bio 79%
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847–27 November 1922 (~75)
78% affinity
Shared: women
bio 74% · poems 84%