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 Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tallis
c. 1505–23 November 1585 (~80)
86% affinity
Shared: william byrd, music
bio 86%
Thomas Ford
c. 1580–November 1648 (~68)
83% affinity
Shared: chapel royal, music, composer
bio 82% · poems 85%
Thomas Greaves
c. 1575–c. 1620 (~45)
83% affinity
Shared: music, composer, byrd
bio 83%
David Melvill
c. 1544–1614 (~70)
83% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 83% · poems 82%
Robert Jones
c. 1577–c. 1617 (~40)
80% affinity
Shared: wales, music, composer
bio 76% · poems 85%
John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)
79% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 79%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
78% affinity
Shared: english renaissance, music, composer
bio 74% · poems 84%
John Wilbye
7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)
78% affinity
Shared: music
bio 78%
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565–1638 (~73)
78% affinity
Shared: music, cathedral
bio 77% · poems 80%
Thomas Morley
c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)
78% affinity
Shared: william byrd, music, composer
bio 75% · poems 81%
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565–c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
78% affinity
Shared: music, composer
bio 78%
Thomas Weelkes
25 October 1576–November 1623 (~47)
78% affinity
Shared: music, cathedral, composer
bio 78%