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 Weelkes
Thomas Morley
c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)
81% affinity
Shared: the triumphes of oriana, music, composers
bio 80% · poems 83%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78% · poems 83%
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592–1619 (~27)
80% affinity
Shared: music, composers
bio 80%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78% · poems 83%
John Ward
8 September 1571–1638 (~67)
79% affinity
Shared: music, composers, harmonic
bio 79% · poems 80%
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
78% affinity
Shared: music, composers
bio 77% · poems 80%
Thomas Bateson
c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 75% · poems 82%
Martin Peerson
c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)
78% affinity
Shared: christopher marlowe, music
bio 78%
John Wilbye
7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)
77% affinity
Shared: music, harmonic
bio 77%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
77% affinity
Shared: music, harmonic, composer
bio 74% · poems 81%
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)
76% affinity
bio 72% · poems 81%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
76% affinity
Shared: music, beauty, love
bio 70% · poems 83%