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 William Broome
Alexander Pope
21 May 1688–30 May 1744 (~56)
80% affinity
Shared: elijah fenton
bio 80%
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781–4 June 1829 (~48)
78% affinity
bio 78%
William Oldys
14 July 1696–15 April 1761 (~65)
78% affinity
Shared: eighteenth
bio 78%
Alexander Brome
1620–30 June 1666 (~46)
78% affinity
Shared: social
bio 78%
William Browne, of Tavistock
c. 1588–c. 1650 (~62)
78% affinity
Shared: social
bio 78%
Abraham Cowley
1618–28 July 1667 (~49)
77% affinity
Shared: reputation
bio 77%
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583–19 April 1627 (~44)
76% affinity
bio 76%
William Lisle Bowles
24 September 1762–7 April 1850 (~88)
76% affinity
Shared: clerical
bio 76%
John Kenyon
2 December 1784–3 December 1856 (~72)
76% affinity
Shared: social
bio 76%
William Strode
c. 11 January 1602–1645 (~43)
75% affinity
Shared: social
bio 75%
Joshua Sylvester
1563–28 September 1618 (~55)
75% affinity
bio 75%
George Chapman
c. 1559–12 May 1634 (~75)
75% affinity
bio 75%