Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London

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mock-heroic poem poem

"Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London" is an early 18th-century mock-heroic poem by John Gay that humorously guides readers through the perils and peculiarities of navigating London’s streets.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London	1
or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mock-heroic poem ⓘ poem ⓘ
addresses	London pedestrians ⓘ
author	John Gay ⓘ
contemporaryReception	popular ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
depicts	everyday city life ⓘ social classes in London ⓘ
describes	London weather ⓘ coach traffic ⓘ fashionable pedestrians ⓘ muddy streets ⓘ pickpockets ⓘ street vendors ⓘ
firstPublisher	Bernard Lintot ⓘ
form	heroic couplets ⓘ
genre	didactic poem ⓘ satire ⓘ urban poetry ⓘ
hasMainTheme	contrast between high style and low subject ⓘ practical advice for pedestrians ⓘ satire of urban manners ⓘ
hasSubtitle	Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London
hasTitle	Trivia ⓘ
influencedBy	Horace ⓘ Virgil ⓘ classical Latin poetry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Neoclassicism ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Augustan literature ⓘ
literarySignificance	important example of Augustan urban satire ⓘ
meter	iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativeVoice	didactic guide ⓘ
numberOfBooks	3 ⓘ
originalPublicationDate	1716 ⓘ
parodies	Virgilian didactic poetry ⓘ classical epic ⓘ
partOf	John Gay's poetic works ⓘ
relatedWork	The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
settingPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
subjectMatter	social observation ⓘ street hazards ⓘ urban life ⓘ walking in London ⓘ
tone	humorous ⓘ mock-heroic ⓘ
uses	mock-epic conventions ⓘ

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The Shepherd's Week → followedBy → Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trivia; or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London

Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → hasSubtitle → Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London

John Gay → notableWork → Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ

John Gay → wrote → Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ