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 Charles Sackville
Sir Charles Sedley
March 1639–20 August 1701 (~62)
83% affinity
Shared: restoration, social
bio 83%
Sir John Suckling
10 February 1609–1642 (~33)
78% affinity
Shared: social, court
bio 78%
Alexander Brome
1620–30 June 1666 (~46)
77% affinity
Shared: dorset, restoration, social
bio 77%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
77% affinity
Shared: culture
bio 77%
John Sheffield
8 September 1647–24 February 1721 (~74)
76% affinity
Shared: restoration
bio 76%
William Strode
c. 11 January 1602–1645 (~43)
76% affinity
Shared: social, court
bio 76%
J. C. Squire
2 April 1884–20 December 1958 (~74)
75% affinity
bio 75%
Thomas Randolph
15 June 1605–March 1635 (~30)
75% affinity
Shared: culture
bio 75%
Sir William Davenant
c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)
75% affinity
Shared: restoration, court
bio 75%
John Wilmot
1 April 1647–26 July 1680 (~33)
74% affinity
Shared: restoration, earl
bio 74%
Sir Henry Wotton
30 March 1568–December 1639 (~71)
74% affinity
Shared: social
bio 74%
Thomas Stanley
3 September 1625–12 April 1678 (~53)
74% affinity
bio 74%