Plural form of choriambus; multiple metrical feet featuring a long-short-short-long syllable pattern.
From Greek 'choriambi,' the regular plural of 'choriambos.' This is the standard plural used in classical prosody and meter analysis.
When poets build an entire line using multiple choriambi, it creates a rolling, dancing rhythm that was particularly popular in Greek and Roman comic and lighter verse.
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