The Complete Rhyming Dictionary And Poet's Craft Book

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. Presumed reprint edition, unknown printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xi, [2], 607, [1] pages. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Name of previous owner in ink on fep. This is more than just a dictionary; it explains several elements to poetry. They call it the Poet's Craft Book. Clement Richardson Wood (September 1, 1888 - October 26, 1950) was a highly acclaimed American poet, critic, and poetry teacher. His poem "The Glory Road" was made famous in a song by Lawrence Tibbett. His other writing includes The Craft of Poetry and Hunters of Heaven. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1909 and received his law degree from Yale in 1911. Wood's second marriage was to Gloria Goddard, who wrote the Susan Merton series of adventures under the pen name "Louise Logan." He also had at least one son, John Thornton Wood. Wood mainly wrote poetry. He also wrote Tom Sawyer Grows Up, a sequel to Mark Twain's work. He appeared frequently in pulp magazines, in titles as diverse as Telling Tales, Gangster Stories, Flynn's, and Ace-High Magazine. His story "The Coffin" was included in The Best Short Stories of 1922. In 1929, he wrote the biography, Bernarr Macfadden: A Study in Success, in aid of Macfadden's political aspirations. Wood was a member of the Socialist Party of America and ran for mayor of Birmingham in 1913 as the party's nominee. He was also endorsed by the Birmingham Labor Advocate and Birmingham Trades Council. Wood lost to the Democratic Party candidate by only 10%. He was a member and lecturer of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. Here for the first time is a poet's reference book, American in its spellings and pronunciations, scientifically arranged by sound and inclusive beyond the scope of any rhyming dictionary ever before published in the English language. The first section is a thorough guide to the technique and for forms of poetry which will serves as a complete text for beginners and as a constant guide for the practiced artist. The words themselves are divided into one, two, and three syllabled rhymes and the lists are more complete and up-to=date than those to be found in any other source. The arrangement is unique and makes reference to any rhyming word extremely easy.