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 William Davenant
Richard Edwardes
c. 1525–31 October 1566 (~41)
77% affinity
Shared: oxford, court, drama
bio 77%
Ben Jonson
c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)
77% affinity
Shared: court
bio 77%
Thomas Shadwell
c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)
77% affinity
Shared: poet laureate
bio 77%
James Shirley
September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)
77% affinity
Shared: theatre, court
bio 77%
Francis Beaumont
1584–6 March 1616 (~32)
77% affinity
Shared: theatre, court
bio 77%
John Dryden
9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)
77% affinity
Shared: poet laureate, restoration
bio 77%
Thomas Dekker
c. 1572–25 August 1641 (~69)
76% affinity
bio 76%
Thomas Otway
3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)
75% affinity
Shared: restoration
bio 75%
George Gascoigne
c. 1539–7 October 1577 (~38)
75% affinity
Shared: court
bio 75%
Thomas d'Urfey
c. 1653–26 February 1723 (~70)
75% affinity
Shared: restoration
bio 75%
William Cartwright
1 September 1611–29 November 1643 (~32)
75% affinity
Shared: oxford, court
bio 75%
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543–11 May 1607 (~64)
75% affinity
Shared: oxford, fulke greville, court
bio 75%