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.

John Wilbye

7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with John Wilbye

c. 1544–1614 (~70)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, harmonic

c. 1575–c. 1620 (~45)

1 poem analysed

c. 1565–6 October 1634 (~69)

1 poem analysed

Shared: the first set of english madrigals, thomas weelkes

c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)

2 poems analysed

1572–9 June 1656 (~84)

2 poems analysed

Michaell Cavendish

c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)

1 poem analysed

25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, madrigals

c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, harmonic

c. 1575–c. 1614 (~39)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, madrigals

8 September 1571–1638 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: the first set of english madrigals, thomas weelkes, music

c. 1563–20 February 1626 (~63)

1 poem analysed

c. 1592–1619 (~27)

1 poem analysed