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.

Rank by: Both (blended) Life & context Their poems

Poets whose work rhymes most with George Darley

Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
bio 80%
Lascelles Abercrombie
9 January 1881–27 October 1938 (~57)
1 poem analysed
80% affinity
bio 80%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
20 poems analysed
79% affinity
Shared: imaginative
bio 79%
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
1 poem analysed
79% affinity
bio 79%
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
30 June 1803–26 January 1849 (~46)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: romantic
bio 78%
Sydney Dobell
5 April 1824–22 August 1874 (~50)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
bio 78%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: romantic
bio 78%
Edwin J. Ellis
20 May 1848–1916 (~68)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: london
bio 78%
Richard Le Gallienne
20 January 1866–15 September 1947 (~81)
1 poem analysed
77% affinity
Shared: london
bio 77%
Thomas Parnell
11 September 1679–24 October 1718 (~39)
2 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: london, trinity college dublin
bio 77%
Ebenezer Jones
20 January 1820–14 September 1860 (~40)
1 poem analysed
77% affinity
Shared: london
bio 77%
William Philpot
16 April 1823–16 April 1889 (~66)
1 poem analysed
77% affinity
bio 77%
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