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 Edward de Vere
Sir Aubrey de Vere
28 August 1788–5 July 1846 (~58)
80% affinity
bio 80%
William Shakespeare
c. 23 April 1564–23 April 1616 (~52)
79% affinity
Shared: london
bio 79%
Aubrey Thomas de Vere
10 January 1814–20 January 1902 (~88)
75% affinity
bio 75%
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543–11 May 1607 (~64)
75% affinity
Shared: court
bio 75%
Richard Edwardes
c. 1525–31 October 1566 (~41)
74% affinity
Shared: the paradise of dainty devices, court
bio 74%
Sir William Davenant
c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)
73% affinity
Shared: court
bio 73%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
73% affinity
bio 73%
John Sheffield
8 September 1647–24 February 1721 (~74)
72% affinity
Shared: court
bio 72%
James Shirley
September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)
71% affinity
Shared: court, london
bio 71%
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)
71% affinity
Shared: court
bio 71%
George Turberville
c. 1540–c. 1597 (~57)
70% affinity
Shared: court
bio 70%
John Dryden
9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)
70% affinity
Shared: london
bio 70%