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 Francis Sylvester Mahony
G. K. Chesterton
29 May 1874–14 June 1936 (~62)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
73% affinity
bio 73%
Howard Phelps Putnam
1894–3 July 1948 (~54)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
1795–19 September 1839 (~44)
72% affinity
Shared: cork, irish
bio 72%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
28 July 1802–15 July 1839 (~37)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Thomas Chatterton
20 November 1752–24 August 1770 (~18)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Francis Thompson
18 December 1859–13 November 1907 (~48)
71% affinity
Shared: catholic
bio 71%
Arthur Hugh Clough
1 January 1819–13 November 1861 (~42)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Thomas Love Peacock
18 October 1785–23 January 1866 (~81)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560–10 August 1633 (~73)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
70% affinity
bio 70%