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.

Rank by: Both (blended) Life & context Their poems

Poets whose work rhymes most with Henry King

John Keble
25 April 1792–29 March 1866 (~74)
1 poem analysed
80% affinity
Shared: religious, church
bio 80%
Ben King
17 March 1857–8 April 1894 (~37)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: culture
bio 78%
Thomas Edwards Hankinson
19 June 1805–6 October 1843 (~38)
2 poems analysed
78% affinity
Shared: religious, church
bio 78%
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 78%
William Strode
c. 11 January 1602–1645 (~43)
1 poem analysed
78% affinity
Shared: christ church oxford, religious
bio 78%
George Wither
11 June 1588–2 May 1667 (~79)
1 poem analysed
77% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 77%
George Herbert
3 April 1593–1 March 1633 (~40)
3 poems analysed
77% affinity
Shared: john donne, religious, church
bio 77%
Edward Taylor
c. 1642–24 June 1729 (~87)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
Shared: religious
bio 76%
Thomas Stanley
3 September 1625–12 April 1678 (~53)
3 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Sir Henry Wotton
30 March 1568–December 1639 (~71)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Charles Webbe
c. 1650–c. 1680 (~30)
2 poems analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
Sir Robert Ayton
1570–25 February 1638 (~68)
1 poem analysed
76% affinity
bio 76%
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