New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook: A Stimulating Storehouse of Words and Rhymes for the Writer

Rating:
Summary: Extremely useful... and fun
Review: I do a lot of translation/versifying and this book is an incredible tool. Far from being a crutch, it opens the mind to new possibilites of rhyme, which, once internalized, can be called up from memory without looking back to the book. In short, this book TEACHES you versification skills through exposure to rhymes. It also contains an extensive discussion of rhyming form and technique with examples. A must have for the serious formalist.

Rating:
Summary: Extremely useful... and fun
Review: I do a lot of translation/versifying and this book is an incredible tool. Far from being a crutch, it opens the mind to new possibilites of rhyme, which, once internalized, can be called up from memory without looking back to the book. In short, this book TEACHES you versification skills through exposure to rhymes. It also contains an extensive discussion of rhyming form and technique with examples. A must have for the serious formalist.

Rating:
Summary: Definitely One for the Proverbial Beginners
Review: It's useful enough for a beginner, but then again, so is a website like www.rhymezone.com, which this book feels a whole lot like...the entries are standard-fare; nothing extraordinary.

The ~$12 price is fair, and I'm afraid that's all which can be said about this title.