choriamb 1

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a metron (prosodic foot) consisting of four syllables in the pattern long-short-short-long, that is, a trochee alternating with an iamb.

  • 1.Choriambs are one of the two basic metra that do not occur in spoken verse, as distinguished from true lyric or sung verse.

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