The essential handbook for songwriters, poets, students, teachers, speechmakers, and members of the performing arts This 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