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 Sir George Etherege
William Congreve
24 January 1670–19 January 1729 (~59)
80% affinity
Shared: comedy, plays, social
bio 80%
Sir Charles Sedley
March 1639–20 August 1701 (~62)
75% affinity
Shared: merry gang, social, restoration
bio 75%
John Lyly
c. 1554–November 1606 (~52)
75% affinity
Shared: court, around
bio 75%
Francis Beaumont
1584–6 March 1616 (~32)
75% affinity
Shared: plays, play
bio 75%
George Gascoigne
c. 1539–7 October 1577 (~38)
74% affinity
Shared: comedy, social
bio 74%
Thomas Shadwell
c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)
74% affinity
Shared: comedy, social, restoration
bio 74%
Ben Jonson
c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)
74% affinity
Shared: comedy, social, play
bio 74%
John Gay
30 June 1685–4 December 1732 (~47)
74% affinity
Shared: social, play
bio 74%
Thomas Otway
3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)
73% affinity
Shared: plays, restoration, play
bio 73%
Thomas d'Urfey
c. 1653–26 February 1723 (~70)
73% affinity
Shared: charles ii, comedy, social
bio 73%
Richard Edwardes
c. 1525–31 October 1566 (~41)
73% affinity
Shared: court
bio 73%
John Wilmot
1 April 1647–26 July 1680 (~33)
72% affinity
Shared: charles ii, merry gang, restoration
bio 72%