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| Back | Trivia (1716) is a poem by John Gay. The full title of the poem is Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London, and it takes its name from the "Goddess of crossroads", Diana Trivia. The poem is loosely based on the Satires of Juvenal, and is a poem in heroic couplets, and though based on Juvenal, attains a Horatian satirical manner. The length of the entire poem is approximately 1000 lines, and it is in three books. Content The poem describes the perils of walking in London in the 1710s. It is a topographical poem, taking the form of a walk through a day and night. It pretends to utmost seriousness in advising the reader on: how to dress properly what sorts of boots to wear how to survive falling masonry chamber pots being emptied out of windows overflowing gutters pickpockets wig thieves mud splashes He also describes the characters of the city, including its ballad singers, chairmen, footmen, and toughs. |
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