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 Bennet

c. 1575–c. 1614 (~39)

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

Poets whose work rhymes most with John Bennet

c. 1598–c. 1640 (~42)

1 poem analysed

Shared: john dowland, english renaissance, music

c. 1570–c. 1605 (~35)

1 poem analysed

Shared: madrigal genre, music, composer

7 March 1574–September 1638 (~64)

1 poem analysed

c. 1585–c. 1620 (~35)

2 poems analysed

Shared: thomas morley, john dowland, music

Richard Allison

c. 1570–c. 1615 (~45)

1 poem analysed

c. 1565–6 October 1634 (~69)

1 poem analysed

Shared: thomas morley, music, composer

Francis Pilkington

c. 1565–1638 (~73)

2 poems analysed

Shared: elizabethan england, john dowland, music

c. 1571–16 January 1651 (~80)

1 poem analysed

Shared: music, composer, settings

8 September 1571–1638 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

c. 1544–1614 (~70)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer, psalm

c. 1557–October 1602 (~45)

2 poems analysed

Shared: music, composer

Sir John Beaumont

c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)

1 poem analysed