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 Joanna Baillie
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743–9 March 1825 (~82)
81% affinity
Shared: social
bio 77% · poems 87%
Isobel Pagan
c. 1740–3 November 1821 (~81)
78% affinity
Shared: social, woman
bio 72% · poems 87%
Josephine Preston Peabody
30 May 1874–4 December 1922 (~48)
78% affinity
Shared: drama
bio 74% · poems 83%
Lady Nairne
16 August 1766–26 October 1845 (~79)
77% affinity
Shared: social, scottish
bio 69% · poems 88%
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871–14 April 1906 (~35)
77% affinity
Shared: love, world
bio 68% · poems 87%
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
14 August 1802–15 October 1838 (~36)
77% affinity
Shared: romantic period, social
bio 72% · poems 82%
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853 (~84)
76% affinity
Shared: social, woman
bio 68% · poems 87%
Aphra Behn
1640–16 April 1689 (~49)
76% affinity
Shared: woman, women
bio 71% · poems 82%
Mary Lamb
3 December 1764–20 May 1847 (~83)
76% affinity
Shared: domestic
bio 70% · poems 84%
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749–28 October 1806 (~57)
76% affinity
Shared: social, woman
bio 70% · poems 84%
Violet Jacob
1 September 1863–9 September 1946 (~83)
76% affinity
Shared: social
bio 68% · poems 86%
A. Mary F. Robinson
27 February 1857–9 February 1944 (~87)
76% affinity
Shared: love
bio 68% · poems 84%