The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: Including The Poet's Craft Book

I can't believe I got this gret great book at a great great price. Not only a rhyming dictionary but it teaches us poetic structure. Wow!

Fabulous rhyming dictionary- GREAT for songwriters, poets, etc. This was a required reading to go in tandem with a Berklee music course on song writing. For HEAVY USERS: The paperback binding is poor and pages WILL BECOME UNGLUED. I spiral bound this book at a third party store, and there is NOT enough margin for spiral binding (shown in photos). I will re-order the school/library binding version to see if it's any better. do NOT get your copy spiral bound if you want to lose words!! Please make a spiral bound version of this wonderful dictionary!!!

As of this writing, (2016), this dictionary is recommended for songwriters by instructor Pat Pattison over others, including online dictionaries, as it: divides rhymes into Masculine, Feminine,and three-syllable rhymnes, is organized phonetically by vowel sound, and it italicizes archaic words. 1943 Edition Vs Modern Edition breakdown There has been controversy going back years on this board about which edition you should get of this book, the modern one or the 1943 edition. I've bought both of them because of the controversy and I'll lay out the differences 1) the 1943 separates out eat rhyme by groups so that under A (as in bay) you have: vowel: eye, cou-tru-ri-er etc... b: bay, etc... br: bray, etc.. ... the new edition lays them out altogether listed like so affray agley airway .... The old edition makes it easier to separate identities - words that are not true rhymes because the last syllable in both begins with the same consonant. Each page actually warns to only pick one from each group. How big of a matter this is is a personal choice, but I like the old way. Also the new edition prints one word per line as above (in four columns) whereas the old edition as above lists several words per line in two columns. So I believe the older edition has fewer words per page despite the smaller size of my hardback editions. Also, the older edition breaks words by syllables with accents. Very important. 2) The old edition obviously doesn't have newer words in it. 3) The old edition has a course in verification in the back that 90 pages long and is very good. 4) As from that, the text of the old and new editions cover roughly the same material, re-written in the new edition. So I think the old edition is definitely preferable to me though the new one is very useful if you don't want to spend the money to the older one.

This book is pretty damn good, and is a great value too. I took the advice of another reviewer and just skipped the directions and dove right in. That's the best way to use this book, poke around and see what it has to offer. There's a pronunciation key at the bottom of each page to remind you of their conventions, and once you get used to how the book is organized it is easy to use. This book is also very complete, even stretching conventions a little. I would add, though, that it should not be your only rhyming dictionary. Use it in conjunction with the Penguin Rhyming Dictionary or some other indexed type to give you the best coverage.

I had heard of this book a while back, but was skeptical of buying it, as I heard that the way it was organized made it difficult to use. As I have gotten farther into my songwriting however, the rhyming dictionary I bought in middle school was no longer cutting the mustard. I decided to upgrade, and checked online to see what text the Berklee School of Music songwriting classes were using, and this was one of the required texts. I decided to give it a shot because if Berklee liked it, it had to be acceptable at the least. After buying this book and using it, I am sorry I didn't buy it sooner. Not only does it have rhyming on the last syluble ("As I FLY, into the SKY" kind of rhymes), it also had rhymes that were in the center of a word (I can't think of anything to post, as I am trying to learn how to use this new form a rhyme), and it has several chapters as at the beginning on meter and using rhymes (might be better for poets than songwriters, but still beneficial). If you are on the fence about this book, and are serious about your craft (whether it be songwriting, poetry, or something else), just buy it! Once you learn how to use it (which is not that difficult) it is an indispensable resource.

This book should be everybody's home that is a songwriter poetry

This was my first rhyming dictionary so it took some time getting used to how to look things up but I love it! Extremely helpful tool for wanting poetry or music!

I was expecting a dictionary or Thesaurus type of book of word comparisons I could use to help write music. What you get in this book is a highly educated description of how to create rhyme words. Not what I was looking for but probably perfect for the pure at heart who know, or want to know poetry.

Thankful for this ready rhyme reckoner

Es una guía muy completa que nos está ayudando a la hora de escribir canciones. Al ser un libro de bolsillo lo puedes llevar a todos lados.

Un condensé de mots et les rimes d'après leur son bien anglais, utile pour toute création de paroles musicales, à vrai dire, l'indispensable. Pour moi, pas assez vaste dans la richesse du langage. Mais à nous d'inventer les mots, en anglais, tout est permis, et les néologismes ça sonne bien! c'est la sonorité et rythme avant tout, qui compte.

Incredibly daunting at first. It's a struggle to find a single word. It was recommended by Pat Pattison, who teaches lyric writing at Berklee. This is ideal for using with different methods that he mentions in his books. This is the ideal dictionary if you're aware of those methods. If you're serious about poetry and writing lyrics then it's worth putting the effort in because the results are so much better. There's a learning curve and you've got to expect that. At first, I was confused. Now, I love it.

Perfetto per poeti e cantautori con ottime referenze di letteratura inglese e chiarissime note esplicative! Consigliatissimo per addetti ai lavori!!!