Tim and I once talked rhyme dictionaries with Richard Wilbur, who mildly disdains the use of such crutches.
Salvador Dali, when asked whether his art was inspired by drugs, supposedly said "I am drugs."
By the same token, Wilbur is rhyme.
Tim occasionally resorts to my old copy of the Clement Wood dictionary.
I've sworn by Wood since the 1970's, when I read praise of his work from Stephen Sondheim. I was songwriting in those days, and Sondheim's word was good enough for me.
Unfortunately the recent reprint of Wood is a disaster, ruinously reorganized by one Ronald Bogus. What an apt name!
A.S.
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