Chorus iamb
The choriamb or choriamb ( Greek χορίαμβος choriambos ) is in the ancient Verslehre four-membered one, from a Trochäus (also called Choreus) (-◡) and a Jambus (◡-) composite metrical foot according to the scheme -◡◡-.
In German, the chorus iamb was only rarely reproduced. One of the few examples is Stefan George's poem "An Apollonia", in which the chorus iamb appears three times in each verse:
- Trust the luck! it doesnt even laugh today · A̱pollo̱nia · not.
- Necessary smell of your face · but it shows that you are bad
- Pliable and strong about him si̱egst · no more lo̱he then glows [...]
literature
- Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 36f.
- Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 123.