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 Thomas Heywood
Ben Jonson
c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)
79% affinity
Shared: london, social, play
bio 74% · poems 86%
John Ford
17 April 1586–c. 1639 (~53)
78% affinity
Shared: plays, social
bio 75% · poems 82%
Thomas Otway
3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)
78% affinity
Shared: plays, london, play
bio 78%
John Fletcher
20 December 1579–29 August 1625 (~46)
78% affinity
Shared: plays, london, play
bio 76% · poems 80%
William Cartwright
1 September 1611–29 November 1643 (~32)
77% affinity
Shared: love, beloved
bio 70% · poems 86%
Thomas Dekker
c. 1572–25 August 1641 (~69)
77% affinity
Shared: philip henslowe, plays, london
bio 77%
Aphra Behn
1640–16 April 1689 (~49)
76% affinity
Shared: love, world
bio 68% · poems 86%
William Shakespeare
c. 23 April 1564–23 April 1616 (~52)
76% affinity
Shared: plays, london, social
bio 74% · poems 78%
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560–10 August 1633 (~73)
76% affinity
Shared: plays, london
bio 68% · poems 86%
James Shirley
September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)
76% affinity
Shared: plays, london
bio 76%
Thomas Shadwell
c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)
76% affinity
Shared: london, social
bio 73% · poems 80%
George Peele
c. 25 July 1556–9 November 1596 (~40)
76% affinity
Shared: london, play
bio 71% · poems 82%