In Greek and Latin poetry, a choriamb b is a metron (prosodic foot) consisting of four syllables in the pattern long-short-short-long (— ‿ ‿ —), that is, a trochee alternating with an iamb. Choriambs are one of the two basic metra that do not occur in spoken verse, as distinguished from true lyric or sung verse. The choriamb is sometimes r...
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Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of long, short, short, and long syllables / ' ~ ~ ' /; also an iambic alexandrine line with a spondee or trochee instead of an iambus in the sixth foot. For example, Swinburne's 'Choriambics.'
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• (n.) Same as Choriambus.
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Greek and latin metrical foot consisting of long, short, short, and long syllables / ' ~ ~ ' /
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Cho'ri·amb noun ;
plural Choriambs Same as
Choriambus .
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long-short-short-long
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a foot of four syllables, two short between two long or two unstressed between two stressed.
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