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.

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with Richard Allison

Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
Shared: music
bio 76%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
Shared: music
bio 76%
John Bennet
c. 1575–c. 1614 (~39)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
Shared: music
bio 76%
Martin Peerson
c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)
1 poem analysed
75% affinity
Shared: music, church
bio 75%
William Corkine
c. 1580–c. 1620 (~40)
1 poem analysed
75% affinity
Shared: music
bio 75%
Sir Robert Ayton
1570–25 February 1638 (~68)
1 poem analysed
75% affinity
bio 75%
John Farmer
c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)
1 poem analysed
74% affinity
Shared: music
bio 74%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
1 poem analysed
74% affinity
Shared: music, culture
bio 74%
Edward Taylor
c. 1642–24 June 1729 (~87)
1 poem analysed
74% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 74%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
2 poems analysed
73% affinity
Shared: music
bio 73%
George Wither
11 June 1588–2 May 1667 (~79)
1 poem analysed
73% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 73%
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