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 Francis Pilkington
Martin Peerson
c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)
85% affinity
Shared: anonymous, music
bio 85%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
81% affinity
Shared: lute song, john dowland, music
bio 81%
John Ward
8 September 1571–1638 (~67)
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 79% · poems 82%
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592–1619 (~27)
80% affinity
Shared: elizabethan england, music
bio 80%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
80% affinity
Shared: anonymous, music
bio 80% · poems 80%
Thomas Morley
c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78% · poems 82%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
79% affinity
Shared: queen elizabeth i, music
bio 79% · poems 79%
Orlando Gibbons
25 December 1583–5 June 1625 (~42)
79% affinity
Shared: polyphonic traditions, anonymous, music
bio 79%
Richard Allison
c. 1570–c. 1615 (~45)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78%
Thomas Ford
c. 1580–November 1648 (~68)
78% affinity
Shared: anonymous, music
bio 75% · poems 82%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 77% · poems 80%
John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)
78% affinity
Shared: lute song, john dowland
bio 76% · poems 80%