The Complete Rhyming Dictionary Revised: Including the Poets Craft Book (Hardcover)

~ (Editor), Ronald Bogus (Editor)

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Product Description

A classic on the Doubleday backlist for more than 50 years, this rhyming dictionary has been completely revised and updated to become the most comprehensive guide available for poets, lyricists, copywriters and language buffs.

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This simple-to-use, exceptionally complete reference work has been updated, expanded and redesigned to meet the needs of today's most demanding wordsmiths. Included here are over 10,000 new entries--over 60,000 in all, sight, vowel, consonant, and one-, two-, and three-syllable rhymes. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; Revised edition (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385413505
• ISBN-13: 978-0385413503
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #456,106 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best rhyming dictionary . . . period!, March 19, 2000

By	James (Columbia, MO) - See all my reviews

Every poet needs have three essential tools: 1) a great dictionary, 2) a great thesaurus, and 3) this rhyming dictionary. True, the phonetic format takes some getting used to. True, some of the comments Wood makes in the introduction are condescending and downright insufferable. But the dictionary itself is the most comprehensive one on the market. And the breakdown of words into one, two, and three-syllable formats will save you a lot of time. I also love the fact that the words are listed one per line. That makes navigating the word jungle much less stressful. Oh, and by the way, buy yourself a hardback copy right off the bat. It will save you money in the long run compared to buying the paperback edition over and over again every time you wear it out. Songwriters . . . this means you, too!

68 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back!, November 18, 2002

By	Paul Rosner (Los Angeles, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Being a lyricist (ck. home.earthlink.net/~paulkruger), I've been using Wood's Unabridged Rhyming Dictionary for so many years the book has begun to fall aprt. (Never realized till a few weeks ago, the edition I have was published in 1943.) It was time to replace it. Or so I thought.
Clement Wood's genius was to divide each section so that you could see at a glance words which have the same sound (e.g., approved, improved, reproved, etc.) and, therefore, were not true rhymes. So what does this appallingly dreadful edition do? They list all words alphabetically regardless of sound!
No wonder one of the editors is named Bogus.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars British buyers beware!, May 3, 2002

By	Svein Olav Nyberg "Apeiron" (Grimstad, Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Finding rhymes by phonetics is something you will appreciate in time, and it really isn't all that hard, even for foreigners like myself. The book is large, well-structured, and has a lot of what we are all looking for: Rhymes. Unfortunately, the rhymes are US English rhymes, which for the UK English speaker (and some Canadians) means:

1. Wrong phonetics for some words. Try as you might with your British ear, "fire" is not where it's supposed to be.
2. Some words are listed as rhymes that simply don't rhyme in UK English.
3. Some UK English rhymes are listed as non-rhymes, like "forge" and "gorge".

But this is of course a problem with all US made rhyming dictionaries. If you are a US buyer, there is no reason for you not to buy the book.