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 Richard Edwardes
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543–11 May 1607 (~64)
81% affinity
Shared: somerset, oxford, court
bio 82% · poems 79%
John Lyly
c. 1554–November 1606 (~52)
79% affinity
Shared: court, courtly
bio 79%
Robert Wever
c. 1520–c. 1570 (~50)
78% affinity
Shared: grace
bio 78%
Henry Constable
1562–October 1613 (~51)
78% affinity
Shared: divine
bio 75% · poems 81%
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560–10 August 1633 (~73)
78% affinity
bio 76% · poems 79%
Andrew Marvell
31 March 1621–16 August 1678 (~57)
77% affinity
Shared: life
bio 74% · poems 82%
Richard Tottel
c. 1528–2 July 1593 (~65)
77% affinity
Shared: court, life
bio 75% · poems 80%
Sir William Davenant
c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)
77% affinity
Shared: oxford, court, drama
bio 77%
John Lydgate
c. 1370–c. 1450 (~80)
77% affinity
bio 77%
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509–c. October 1556 (~47)
77% affinity
Shared: court
bio 76% · poems 78%
William Cartwright
1 September 1611–29 November 1643 (~32)
77% affinity
Shared: oxford, court
bio 76% · poems 78%
William Byrd
c. 1540–4 July 1623 (~83)
77% affinity
Shared: chapel, music
bio 70% · poems 85%