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 Thomas More
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)
73% affinity
bio 73%
Thomas Lodge
c. 1558–15 September 1625 (~67)
71% affinity
Shared: lincoln's inn, social
bio 71%
Hannah More
2 February 1745–7 September 1833 (~88)
70% affinity
Shared: social
bio 70%
George Turberville
c. 1540–c. 1597 (~57)
69% affinity
bio 69%
Sir Philip Sidney
30 November 1554–17 October 1586 (~32)
69% affinity
Shared: social
bio 69%
John Milton
9 December 1608–8 November 1674 (~66)
69% affinity
Shared: london
bio 69%
Thomas Morley
c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)
69% affinity
bio 69%
Andrew Marvell
31 March 1621–16 August 1678 (~57)
69% affinity
bio 69%
Barnabe Googe
11 June 1540–February 1594 (~54)
69% affinity
bio 69%
Sir Henry Wotton
30 March 1568–December 1639 (~71)
69% affinity
Shared: social
bio 69%
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560–10 August 1633 (~73)
68% affinity
Shared: london
bio 68%
Christopher Marlowe
26 February 1564–30 May 1593 (~29)
68% affinity
bio 68%