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 Nicholas Breton

Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)
1 poem analysed
83% affinity
bio 83%
Francis Davison
c. 1575–c. 1619 (~44)
1 poem analysed
83% affinity
Shared: grace
bio 83%
Thomas Campion
12 February 1567–1 March 1620 (~53)
2 poems analysed
80% affinity
Shared: london, songs
bio 80%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: songs
bio 78%
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: grace
bio 78%
Thomas Greaves
c. 1575–c. 1620 (~45)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: songs
bio 78%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
2 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: songs
bio 77%
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844–30 January 1881 (~37)
20 poems analysed
77% affinity
bio 77%
John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)
2 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: songs
bio 77%
Alfred Noyes
16 September 1880–25 June 1958 (~78)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
David Gray
29 January 1838–3 December 1861 (~23)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Thomas Godfrey
4 December 1736–3 August 1763 (~27)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
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