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 John Bunyan by life & context
William Cowper
26 November 1731–25 April 1800 (~69)
69% affinity
Shared: religious
Edward Taylor
c. 1642–24 June 1729 (~87)
69% affinity
Shared: religious, biblical
William Langland
c. 1332–c. 1400 (~68)
69% affinity
Robert Southwell
c. 1561–21 February 1595 (~34)
68% affinity
Shared: religious, grace, faith
John Milton
9 December 1608–8 November 1674 (~66)
68% affinity
Shared: religious
George Herbert
3 April 1593–1 March 1633 (~40)
68% affinity
Shared: religious, grace, church
George Wither
11 June 1588–2 May 1667 (~79)
67% affinity
Shared: religious
William Browne, of Tavistock
c. 1588–c. 1650 (~62)
67% affinity
John Keble
25 April 1792–29 March 1866 (~74)
67% affinity
Shared: religious, church
Thomas Traherne
c. 1637–27 September 1674 (~37)
67% affinity
Isaac Watts
17 July 1674–25 November 1748 (~74)
66% affinity
Shared: religious, christian
G. K. Chesterton
29 May 1874–14 June 1936 (~62)
66% affinity
Shared: religious, grace