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.

Thomas Dekker

c. 1572–25 August 1641 (~69)

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sorrow dekker grief suffering pain life

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Poets whose work rhymes most with Thomas Dekker

c. 1574–August 1641 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, philip henslowe, play

Sir William Davenant

c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)

1 poem analysed

Thomas Shadwell

c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, ben jonson, play

September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, social

c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)

5 poems analysed

Shared: london, war of the theatres, play

3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, play

George Gascoigne

c. 1539–7 October 1577 (~38)

2 poems analysed

Francis Beaumont

1584–6 March 1616 (~32)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, ben jonson, play

Richard Edwardes

c. 1525–31 October 1566 (~41)

2 poems analysed

Shared: elizabethan drama

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

30 June 1803–26 January 1849 (~46)

1 poem analysed

William Stevenson

c. 1530–1575 (~45)

1 poem analysed

20 December 1579–29 August 1625 (~46)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, ben jonson, play