Emphatic(?) relationship between verses and choruses

[rayheinrich]

To my perception, words in choruses take more time than verse words. I'm trying to figure

(1) if most people experience the length of chorus words as longer than those of verses and

(2) if so, why might chorus words occupy more time?

Ideas?

If my set-up is confusing, lmk

bena gives three possible interpretations. I don't think your hypothesis works in any of them.
You're the one who first mentioned the dichotomy of strophic versus through-composed forms.
I think it's a false one. They don't exist apart, they exist as complements.

Strophic? Through-composed?  (wherever the chorus is, it ain't slower):

There's certainly a chorus here... and yet... it's through-composed as well:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's: Fishin' In The Dark Performance
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's: Fishin' In The Dark Lyrics

Lengthy chorus wordage ain't hapnin' here:
Gilbert and Sullivan's: I am the very Model of a Modern Major General

Why keep coming up with these pronouncements?
Songs/music/poetry/painting/roller-derby etc.
Artists LOVE finding holes and filling them.
"Either/Or" doesn't work.