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The Word Rhythm Dictionary A Resource For Writers Rappers Poets And Lyricists Timothy Polashek by Timothy Polashek 9780810884168, 081088416X instant download after payment.
The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricistsis a new kind of dictionary—one that reflects the use of “rhythm rhymes” by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. This is an eminently practical reference work for all wordsmiths looking to add musicality to their writing. Users of this dictionary can alphabetically look up words in the General Index to find collections of words that have the samerhythmas the original word and are readily useable in ways that are familiar to us in everything fromvers librepoetry to the lyrics and music of Bob Dylan and hip hop groups.
Professional writers and students have long used traditional rhyming dictionaries for inspiration by perusing lists of rhyming words; they may ask themselves, “I need a word that rhymes withblue,” and are led toshoe,flu, oryou. These rhyming words evoke through juxtaposition new images, thoughts, and actions that inspire creative directions and pleasing twists as verses and stanzas unfold. For the first time ever, this dictionary now allows writers and poets to ask the same question, but of word rhythm— “I need a word with the same rhythm asbutterfly. . . .” Today’s lyricists and poets know that there is so much more to the flow of their creations than just matching vowels.
The Word Rhythm Dictionaryorganizes words by additional properties: phonetic similarity (alliteration and literary consonance), the number of syllables in words, and syllable stress patterns. Never has it been easier to locate words that feature similar sounds, matching meters, and rhythmic grooves, from traditional rhymes like “clashing” and “splashing,” to near rhymes like “rollover” and “bulldozer,” “unrefuted undisputed” to pure metrical matches, like “biology” and “photography.” Additional appendixes allow readers to search according to poetic metrical feet and musical rhythm through a visual index of notated rhythms, allowing musicians and lyricists to track down words that match preexisting motives and melodies. This book could become the new fun addiction (or… addiction affliction…constriction conviction…conniption prescription…subscription conscription) for writers, musicians, lyricists, rappers, poets, and wordsmiths alike. Oh, and it’s a lot of fun just to browse!
