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University of Leeds

University of Cambridge

Epitomizing Samuel Coleridge's remark that poetry is "the best words in the best order," this dictionary presents all possible rhymes in a well organized format. Even the recalcitrant rhyme-stopper "orange" finds its aural companions ("scavenge," "lozenge" and "challenge"), although the editors concede that "butcher" stands alone. The words are grouped by sound and can be found through a simple index. The preface explains the theory behind the groupings and the dynamics of pronunciation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Library Journal

Here is a type of reference where the lack of a comprehensive index would be completely unforgivable. Obviously, the only way to use a resource like this effectively is to start with the index, locate the word you need, and then refer to the section of the main text where you can find all the words that rhyme with the one you had chosen. One wonders, though, how some of the very long lists of choices for words like library, for example, could ever help those poets and lyricists suffering from writer's block. Still, an index on a rarely treated topic and of this scope-making up more than half of the book and listing close to 95,000 words-is hard to come by. A good purchase for large libraries, especially those catering to the literary crowd, creative writing students, and academics. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.