Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure: Tools and Techniques for Writing Better Lyrics

I have just finished working through this book and have learned a LOT from it.

If however you are looking for a general introduction to songwriting, this isn't it. It teaches lyric structure, not specifically rhyme or songwriting ideas (though you'll learn a little about both as a by-product). For an all-round intro to songwriting, I suggest Sheila Davis' 'Successful Lyric Writing.'

But if you're wanting to focus in on structure itself, then this is great. It's written by a lecturer from an American songwriting college, and is full of exercises to help you learn the concepts and try them out for yourself.

I'm now much more aware of how to write a good song - and shall be revising some of mine! I can also more easily analyse some of the songs of the 'greats', even though this book itself doesn't use many songs I know. That could have been done deliberately - I found it gave me a fresh eye to use on the learning material.

For anyone trying to get into songwrting, this is one of the first books to buy.
If you have been writing songs for a while, this book will most certainly inrtoduce new you to new territory.
This could be called one of the definitive guides to making songwriting make sense.
This is most certainly a good buy.