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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary 2nd Edition Oxford University Press 2012 978-0-19-965246-4
In an era where poets have supposedly thrown off the shackles of format and rhyme, it might be argued that a rhyming dictionary has limited appeal. But this is not a new discussion; the dictionary under review quotes Milton's critical comment in the 1667 Preface to Paradise Lost about the 'troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming'.
The reality is that the colourful melting-pot of modern writing uses rhyme and its allies in ever more inventive ways, such that not merely poets but also copywriters, journalists and songsters-in fact anyone seeking the phonic 'mot juste'-will find enlightenment in this volume.
In a specialist reference work of this nature clear user guidelines are essential, and the scholarly 3-section Introduction...