Choliambic verse , also known as
limping iambs or
scazons or
halting iambic, is a form of
meter in poetry. It is found in both
Greek and
Latin poetry in the
classical period. Choliambic verse is sometimes called
scazon, or "lame iambic", because it brings the reader down on the wrong "foot" by reversing the stresses of the last few beats. It was originally pioneered by the Greek
lyric poet Hipponax, who wrote "lame trochaics" as well as "lame iambics".