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.

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with Thomas Greaves

David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
2 poems analysed
86% affinity
Shared: songs, music, anonymous
bio 86%
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
1 poem analysed
84% affinity
Shared: midlands, john dowland, songs
bio 84%
Thomas Tomkins
1572–9 June 1656 (~84)
2 poems analysed
83% affinity
Shared: music
bio 83%
John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)
2 poems analysed
83% affinity
Shared: elizabethan era, john dowland, songs
bio 83%
Thomas Ford
c. 1580–November 1648 (~68)
2 poems analysed
83% affinity
Shared: songs, music, anonymous
bio 83%
Robert Jones
c. 1577–c. 1617 (~40)
2 poems analysed
82% affinity
Shared: john dowland, songs, music
bio 82%
William Barley
c. 1565–1614 (~49)
1 poem analysed
81% affinity
Shared: john dowland, music, anonymous
bio 81%
Thomas Campion
12 February 1567–1 March 1620 (~53)
2 poems analysed
81% affinity
Shared: songs, music, lute
bio 81%
Thomas Tallis
c. 1505–23 November 1585 (~80)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 80%
John Wilbye
7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)
1 poem analysed
80% affinity
Shared: music
bio 80%
John Dowland
c. 1563–20 February 1626 (~63)
1 poem analysed
79% affinity
Shared: songs, music, lute
bio 79%
Francis Davison
c. 1575–c. 1619 (~44)
1 poem analysed
79% affinity
Shared: elizabethan era
bio 79%
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