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 Morley
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592–1619 (~27)
83% affinity
Shared: music
bio 83%
Thomas Bateson
c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)
81% affinity
Shared: madrigal tradition, music
bio 81%
Thomas Weelkes
25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)
80% affinity
Shared: the triumphes of oriana, music
bio 80%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
80% affinity
Shared: music, madrigals
bio 80% · poems 80%
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
80% affinity
Shared: music, composers
bio 78% · poems 82%
Martin Peerson
c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)
79% affinity
Shared: william byrd, st. paul's cathedral, music
bio 79%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
79% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 75% · poems 84%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
78% affinity
Shared: william byrd, music
bio 75% · poems 81%
Orlando Gibbons
25 December 1583–5 June 1625 (~42)
77% affinity
Shared: music, composers
bio 77%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
76% affinity
Shared: music, composers
bio 76%
John Ward
8 September 1571–1638 (~67)
76% affinity
Shared: music, madrigals, composers
bio 78% · poems 74%
Thomas Ford
c. 1580–November 1648 (~68)
76% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 70% · poems 83%