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 Thomas, Lord Vaux
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592–1619 (~27)
83% affinity
bio 83%
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543–11 May 1607 (~64)
80% affinity
bio 80%
George Turberville
c. 1540–c. 1597 (~57)
80% affinity
bio 80%
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
c. 1517–19 January 1547 (~30)
79% affinity
Shared: henry viii
bio 79%
Henry Vaughan
17 April 1621–23 April 1695 (~74)
79% affinity
bio 79%
Michael Drayton
1563–December 1631 (~68)
79% affinity
bio 79%
Stephen Hawes
c. 1474–c. 1523 (~49)
79% affinity
Shared: learning, court
bio 79%
Sir Thomas Wyatt
c. 1503–11 October 1542 (~39)
78% affinity
Shared: henry viii
bio 78%
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)
78% affinity
bio 78%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
78% affinity
bio 78%
Abraham Cowley
1618–28 July 1667 (~49)
78% affinity
Shared: court
bio 78%
John Skelton
c. 1460–21 June 1529 (~69)
78% affinity
Shared: cambridge university, cardinal thomas wolsey
bio 78%