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 William Corkine
George Kirbye
c. 1565–6 October 1634 (~69)
79% affinity
Shared: composer, music
bio 79%
John Cooper
c. 1570–c. 1626 (~56)
78% affinity
Shared: jacobean court, composer, thomas campion
bio 78%
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
78% affinity
Shared: john dowland, music
bio 78%
John Farmer
c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)
77% affinity
Shared: composer, music
bio 77%
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
77% affinity
Shared: composer, john dowland, music
bio 77%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
76% affinity
Shared: composer, john dowland, thomas campion
bio 76%
John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)
76% affinity
Shared: composer, john dowland, thomas campion
bio 76%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
76% affinity
Shared: music
bio 76%
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
1795–19 September 1839 (~44)
76% affinity
bio 76%
Thomas Campion
12 February 1567–1 March 1620 (~53)
76% affinity
Shared: composer, philip rosseter, music
bio 76%
William Barley
c. 1565–1614 (~49)
75% affinity
Shared: composer, john dowland, music
bio 75%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
75% affinity
Shared: music, songs
bio 75%