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.

John Ward

8 September 1571–1638 (~67)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with John Ward

c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

bio 78% · poems 84%

Francis Pilkington

c. 1565–1638 (~73)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composers

bio 79% · poems 82%

c. 1592–1619 (~27)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer, composers

25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

bio 74% · poems 83%

c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

1572–9 June 1656 (~84)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

bio 73% · poems 81%

c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, court

bio 70% · poems 84%

Thomas, Lord Vaux

25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)

2 poems analysed

bio 72% · poems 82%

c. 1544–1614 (~70)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer, harmonic

bio 75% · poems 77%

c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

bio 78% · poems 74%