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 Sir Robert Ayton
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
21 June 1813–4 August 1865 (~52)
82% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 82%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
80% affinity
bio 80%
Alexander Scott
c. 1525–c. 1584 (~59)
80% affinity
Shared: scottish, court
bio 80%
Thomas Stanley
3 September 1625–12 April 1678 (~53)
79% affinity
bio 79%
William Drummond
13 December 1585–4 December 1649 (~64)
79% affinity
Shared: scottish, court
bio 79%
John Kenyon
2 December 1784–3 December 1856 (~72)
79% affinity
bio 79%
Alexander Montgomerie
c. 1545–August 1598 (~53)
78% affinity
Shared: james vi, scottish
bio 78%
Thomas Carew
1595–22 March 1640 (~45)
78% affinity
Shared: cavalier poets, court
bio 78%
Richard Lovelace
1617–1657 (~40)
78% affinity
bio 78%
William Strode
c. 11 January 1602–1645 (~43)
78% affinity
Shared: court
bio 78%
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543–11 May 1607 (~64)
77% affinity
Shared: courtier, court
bio 77%
William Alexander
c. 1567–12 February 1640 (~73)
77% affinity
Shared: scottish
bio 77%