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 Robert Mannyng of Brunne
John Lydgate
c. 1370–c. 1450 (~80)
77% affinity
Shared: around
bio 77%
William Langland
c. 1332–c. 1400 (~68)
73% affinity
Shared: around
bio 73%
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560–10 August 1633 (~73)
72% affinity
Shared: history
bio 72%
Thomas Hoccleve
c. 1368–8 May 1426 (~58)
72% affinity
Shared: around
bio 72%
Nicholas Grimald
c. 1519–c. May 1562 (~43)
71% affinity
Shared: around
bio 71%
Robert Henryson
c. 1425–c. 1500 (~75)
71% affinity
bio 71%
Bede the Venerable
c. 673–26 May 735 (~62)
71% affinity
Shared: history
bio 71%
Joshua Sylvester
1563–28 September 1618 (~55)
71% affinity
Shared: history
bio 71%
Caedmon
c. 600–c. 681 (~81)
70% affinity
bio 70%
Jasper Mayne
23 November 1604–6 December 1672 (~68)
70% affinity
bio 70%
Richard Tottel
c. 1528–2 July 1593 (~65)
69% affinity
bio 69%
Michael Drayton
1563–December 1631 (~68)
69% affinity
Shared: history
bio 69%