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 Otway

3 March 1652–14 April 1685 (~33)

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Poets whose work rhymes most with Thomas Otway

c. 1574–August 1641 (~67)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, play

September 1596–29 October 1666 (~70)

1 poem analysed

Francis Beaumont

1584–6 March 1616 (~32)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, play

c. 1580–c. 1632 (~52)

1 poem analysed

Shared: london, play

Sir William Davenant

c. February 1606–7 April 1668 (~62)

1 poem analysed

Shared: restoration

17 April 1586–c. 1639 (~53)

2 poems analysed

Shared: play, plays

William Congreve

24 January 1670–19 January 1729 (~59)

1 poem analysed

Shared: play, restoration

Thomas Shadwell

c. 1642–19 November 1692 (~50)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, play

20 December 1579–29 August 1625 (~46)

2 poems analysed

Shared: london, play

c. 11 June 1572–6 August 1637 (~65)

5 poems analysed

Shared: london, play

Sir Charles Sedley

March 1639–20 August 1701 (~62)

1 poem analysed

Shared: play, restoration

William Cartwright

1 September 1611–29 November 1643 (~32)

3 poems analysed