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.

Thomas Bateson

c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with Thomas Bateson

c. 1592–1619 (~27)

1 poem analysed

c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)

2 poems analysed

Shared: madrigal tradition, madrigals, music

c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)

2 poems analysed

Shared: madrigals, music

Francis Pilkington

c. 1565–1638 (~73)

2 poems analysed

Shared: chester cathedral, music

Orlando Gibbons

25 December 1583–5 June 1625 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer, anonymous

1572–9 June 1656 (~84)

2 poems analysed

c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer, cathedral

25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)

1 poem analysed

Shared: madrigals, music

c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

8 September 1571–1638 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: madrigals, music

c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)

1 poem analysed

Shared: christ church cathedral, madrigals, music

c. 1565–6 October 1634 (~69)

1 poem analysed

Shared: thomas morley, madrigals, music