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 Martin Peerson
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
85% affinity
Shared: music, settings
bio 85%
Thomas Morley
c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)
79% affinity
Shared: st. paul's cathedral, william byrd, music
bio 79%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
79% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 79%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
78% affinity
Shared: thomas tallis, music, composer
bio 78%
Orlando Gibbons
25 December 1583–5 June 1625 (~42)
78% affinity
Shared: music, composer, secular
bio 78%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
78% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 78%
Thomas Weelkes
25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)
78% affinity
Shared: christopher marlowe, music, composer
bio 78%
John Ward
8 September 1571–1638 (~67)
77% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 77%
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592–1619 (~27)
77% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 77%
Thomas Bateson
c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)
76% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 76%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
76% affinity
Shared: william byrd, music, composer
bio 76%
Richard Allison
c. 1570–c. 1615 (~45)
75% affinity
Shared: music, church
bio 75%