- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Laurel
1992, c1991.
- Edition
- [Rev. ed.]
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- "Updated and expanded"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- xi, 705 p. ; 18 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 0440212057
- Main Author
- Other Authors
A guide to finding the perfect rhyme every time includes more than ten thousand new entries; sight rhymes, vowel rhymes, and consonant rhymes; the forty-three rhymeless sounds to avoid; words with no rhymes; and more. Reprint.
Review by Publisher Summary 2The essential handbook for songwriters, poets, students, teachers, speechmakers, and members of the performing artsThis 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• More rhymes than any other book• Sight, vowel, consonant, and one-, two-, and three-syllable rhymes• Proper names, slang, and scientific words• Guide to techniques and forms of poetry