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.

Joshua Sylvester

1563–28 September 1618 (~55)

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Poets whose work rhymes most with Joshua Sylvester

3 September 1625–12 April 1678 (~53)

3 poems analysed

Shared: history

30 April 1689–16 November 1745 (~56)

1 poem analysed

Sir John Beaumont

c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)

1 poem analysed

Shared: religious, history

Edward Hovell-Thurlow

10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)

2 poems analysed

Frederick Tennyson

5 June 1807–26 February 1898 (~91)

1 poem analysed

c. 1528–2 July 1593 (~65)

2 poems analysed

Shared: religious

14 July 1696–15 April 1761 (~65)

1 poem analysed

Shared: history

Francis William Bourdillon

22 March 1852–13 January 1921 (~69)

1 poem analysed

Shared: french, religious

Francis Quarles

8 May 1592–8 September 1644 (~52)

1 poem analysed

Shared: religious, protestant

Richard Rowlands

c. 1550–c. 1640 (~90)

1 poem analysed

Shared: religious, history

4 December 1736–3 August 1763 (~27)

1 poem analysed

c. 1370–c. 1450 (~80)

1 poem analysed