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.

George Kirbye

c. 1565–6 October 1634 (~69)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with George Kirbye

William Corkine

c. 1580–c. 1620 (~40)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)

1 poem analysed

Shared: the first set of english madrigals, thomas weelkes

c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)

1 poem analysed

Shared: the first set of english madrigals, music

c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer, madrigals

c. 1575–c. 1614 (~39)

1 poem analysed

Shared: thomas morley, music

c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer, madrigals

Orlando Gibbons

25 December 1583–5 June 1625 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer, composers

c. 1575–c. 1620 (~45)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer

Francis Pilkington

c. 1565–1638 (~73)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composers

c. 1592–1619 (~27)

1 poem analysed

Shared: oxford university, music

c. 1544–1614 (~70)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

c. 1575–March 1630 (~55)

2 poems analysed

Shared: thomas morley, music