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 Francis Hastings Doyle

Alfred Lord Tennyson
6 August 1809–6 October 1892 (~83)
27 poems analysed
83% affinity
bio 79% · poems 88%
William Ernest Henley
23 August 1849–11 July 1903 (~54)
8 poems analysed
82% affinity
bio 77% · poems 89%
Laurence Binyon
10 August 1869–10 March 1943 (~74)
3 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: britain
bio 79% · poems 85%
Charles Sorley
19 May 1895–13 October 1915 (~20)
8 poems analysed
82% affinity
bio 78% · poems 87%
Arthur Hugh Clough
1 January 1819–13 November 1861 (~42)
12 poems analysed
81% affinity
bio 76% · poems 87%
Alfred Noyes
16 September 1880–25 June 1958 (~78)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
bio 79% · poems 84%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
20 poems analysed
81% affinity
bio 76% · poems 87%
W. H. Davies
3 July 1871–26 September 1940 (~69)
23 poems analysed
81% affinity
bio 74% · poems 89%
Sir Lewis Morris
23 January 1833–12 November 1907 (~74)
6 poems analysed
80% affinity
bio 73% · poems 89%
Matthew Arnold
24 December 1822–15 April 1888 (~66)
12 poems analysed
80% affinity
bio 75% · poems 87%
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
27 February 1807–24 March 1882 (~75)
69 poems analysed
80% affinity
bio 74% · poems 88%
Wilfred Owen
18 March 1893–4 November 1918 (~25)
20 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: soldier, death
bio 76% · poems 85%
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