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.

Richard Allison

c. 1570–c. 1615 (~45)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with Richard Allison by life & context

Francis Pilkington

c. 1565–1638 (~73)

2 poems analysed

c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)

1 poem analysed

c. 1544–1614 (~70)

2 poems analysed

c. 1575–c. 1614 (~39)

1 poem analysed

c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, church

William Corkine

c. 1580–c. 1620 (~40)

1 poem analysed

Sir Robert Ayton

1570–25 February 1638 (~68)

1 poem analysed

c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)

1 poem analysed

c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, culture

c. 1642–24 June 1729 (~87)

1 poem analysed

Shared: religious

c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)

2 poems analysed

11 June 1588–2 May 1667 (~79)

1 poem analysed

Shared: religious