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