Comments on: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: Including The Poet’s Craft Book

By: Jag

Jag — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:16:55 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent !
This book is so awesome. It breaks the words in many catagoreys. Ive used it fir country rock and hiphop, I dont get writers block anymore

By: Rusti

Rusti — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:04:45 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorites
This is a book you will cherish. I had a copy for many years, and then somehow lost it in a move. I’ll be buying a new copy now.

By: Xiao hong

Xiao hong — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:37:19 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
There’s a good reason why two of our finest lyric writers, Stephen Sondheim and Sheldon Harnick, use this fine rhyming dictionary. It’s perfect!

By: Itachi

Itachi — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:31:24 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Great rhyming dictionary but unless one is writing Shakespeare …
… probably too much to sift just to find a few single syllable rhymes. Better to search online and narrow it down a little first.

By: Mya

Mya — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:16:01 +0000

1.0 out of 5 stars
Rhyming Dictionary With A Learning Curve
First off – it is printed on paper, that looks and feels like old newsprint. I was looking for an easy to use dictionary much like the Webster one.

By: Humaira

Humaira — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:29:29 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use, very helpful
I just got this a couple days ago and can’t believe how very useful it is. I had previously been using an internet rhyming website but this has so many more rhymes and near…

By: Heller

Heller — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:18 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but get the hardback
This is a pretty good rhyming dictionary. It divides into one, two, and three syllable rhymes. There is also a very large section about writing.

By: Saba

Saba — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:02:39 +0000

This review is from: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary Revised: Including the Poets Craft Book (Hardcover)

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.

By: Limon

Limon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:36 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Get ryhmes with out ummm berrrr relllla
A tool more performers could use. If the rhyme your looking for isn’t listed, chances are it will provoke your brain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:09:57 +0000

This review is from: The Complete Rhyming Dictionary Revised: Including the Poets Craft Book (Hardcover)

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.