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 William Habington
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)
74% affinity
bio 74%
Andrew Marvell
31 March 1621–16 August 1678 (~57)
73% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 73%
Bernard Barton
31 January 1784–19 February 1849 (~65)
73% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 73%
Richard Barnefield
29 June 1574–1627 (~53)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)
72% affinity
Shared: catholic, religious
bio 72%
George Turberville
c. 1540–c. 1597 (~57)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Thomas Carew
1595–22 March 1640 (~45)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Michael Drayton
1563–December 1631 (~68)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Robert Stephen Hawker
3 December 1803–15 August 1875 (~72)
72% affinity
Shared: catholic, faith
bio 72%
Stephen Hawes
c. 1474–c. 1523 (~49)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Abraham Cowley
1618–28 July 1667 (~49)
72% affinity
bio 72%
Sir Robert Ayton
1570–25 February 1638 (~68)
71% affinity
bio 71%