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.

James Shirley

September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with James Shirley by life & context

Thomas Shadwell

c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, restoration comedy, social

William Shakespeare

c. 23 April 1564–23 April 1616 (~52)

20 poems analysed

Shared: london, social, plays

3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, plays, drama

Sir William Davenant

c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)

1 poem analysed

c. 1574–August 1641 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, social, plays

Sir Charles Sedley

March 1639–20 August 1701 (~62)

1 poem analysed

Shared: social, court

20 December 1579–29 August 1625 (~46)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, plays, drama

c. 25 July 1556–9 November 1596 (~40)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, drama

c. 1572–25 August 1641 (~69)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, social, plays

William Congreve

24 January 1670–19 January 1729 (~59)

1 poem analysed

Shared: restoration comedy, social, plays

9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, roman catholicism, plays

William Cartwright

1 September 1611–29 November 1643 (~32)

3 poems analysed