What is A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes?

When you think of business software

You imagine — let me guess — 

Maybe Word, Excel, or Quicken,

ATM or QuarkXPress.

 

But if writing songs or poems

Is the way you pass the time,

Then the biggest boost to business

Would be software that can rhyme.

 

Now, it isn’t so surprising

That the candidates are few.

(I reviewed one other prospect

Back in June of ’92.)

 

Thus, Eccentric Software’s latest

Ought to win an accolade;

It’s a natty new addition

To the tools of poets’ trade.

 

You just type a word, press enter — 

And you’re shown the words that rhyme,

Like a rhyming dictionary

In a fraction of the time.

 

You can filter out the long words

(Use the Syllables control);

You can open many rhyme lists

If you’re really on a roll.

 

As an added bonus feature,

There’s a pseudo-TeachText mode;

It’s a window you can type in

To compose your psalm or ode.

 

You can’t change the font or size there

(And it’s Monaco — I checked).

But you do get instant rhymes for

Any word that you select.

 

Now, a poet craves perfection;

A reviewer craves the same.

But this program has a feature

That you’d have to label lame.

 

When you look for words like plurals,

You get rhymes that match the root.

(If you look up boots for instance.

You get loot, Beirut and fruit.)

 

It’s the same with past-tense searches;

Look for wedded, you get bed;

It’s a shame the program makes you

Do the hard part in your head.

 

Still, the software sure beats sitting

With a scratch pad and your wits.

Trying every combination

Till you find a rhyme that fits.

 

And it’s self-contained, it’s speedy.

And it’s small and simple, too.

If your biz is writing verses.

Here’s the business tool for you.

Pogue, David. (November 1993). A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes 1.0. Macworld. (pg. 89).

 

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Architecture

Motorola 68K

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II