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 Lyly

c. 1554–November 1606 (~52)

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Poets whose work rhymes most with John Lyly

c. 1370–c. 1450 (~80)

1 poem analysed

Richard Edwardes

c. 1525–31 October 1566 (~41)

2 poems analysed

Sir George Etherege

c. 1635–c. 10 May 1692 (~57)

1 poem analysed

Edward Hovell-Thurlow

10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)

2 poems analysed

Sir Charles Sedley

March 1639–20 August 1701 (~62)

1 poem analysed

c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)

5 poems analysed

9 August 1631–12 May 1700 (~69)

2 poems analysed

c. 1520–c. 1570 (~50)

1 poem analysed

23 November 1604–6 December 1672 (~68)

1 poem analysed

Sir John Suckling

10 February 1609–1642 (~33)

1 poem analysed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

28 July 1802–15 July 1839 (~37)

2 poems analysed

Thomas Randolph

15 June 1605–March 1635 (~30)

1 poem analysed