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 John Bartlet
Thomas Ford
c. 1580–November 1648 (~68)
83% affinity
Shared: music, songs, lute
bio 80% · poems 86%
William Barley
c. 1565–1614 (~49)
83% affinity
Shared: thomas morley, john dowland, music
bio 83%
Thomas Greaves
c. 1575–c. 1620 (~45)
83% affinity
Shared: elizabethan era, john dowland, music
bio 83%
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
83% affinity
Shared: john dowland, music, songs
bio 83%
Robert Jones
c. 1577–c. 1617 (~40)
83% affinity
Shared: john dowland, thomas campion, lute song
bio 80% · poems 86%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
83% affinity
Shared: music, songs
bio 83% · poems 82%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
81% affinity
Shared: music
bio 79% · poems 84%
John Dowland
c. 1563–20 February 1626 (~63)
80% affinity
Shared: music, songs, lute
bio 80%
John Attey
c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)
80% affinity
Shared: john dowland, thomas campion, lute song
bio 80%
Thomas Campion
12 February 1567–1 March 1620 (~53)
79% affinity
Shared: a booke of ayres, music, songs
bio 82% · poems 76%
Thomas Tallis
c. 1505–23 November 1585 (~80)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78%
John Wilbye
7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78%