Books like Poems

Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson reads as melancholic, lyrical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Complete Poems of John Keats

John Keats · 1994

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

88% genome match

The Penguin book of Romantic poetry

Jonathan Wordsworth · 2005

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

79% genome match

Rime

Francesco Petrarca · 1475

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

84% genome match

The Oxford Book of English Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1900

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

85% genome match

The poetical works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1800

Shares the wonder + vornate thread

76% genome match

Firebird

Mark Doty · 1999

Shares the grief + wonder thread

78% genome match

Flora's feast

Walter Crane · 1889

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

70% genome match

Shelley's poetry and prose

Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1977

Shares the wonder + vornate thread

71% genome match

The prelude

William Wordsworth · 1850

Shares the vornate thread

70% genome match

The earthly paradise

William Morris · 1868

Shares the lyrical + vornate thread

85% genome match

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu · 1021

Shares the wonder + lyrical thread

69% genome match

Venus and Adonis

William Shakespeare · 1593

Shares the lyrical + vornate thread

81% genome match