This is an analysis of the poem Trivia ; Or, The Art Of Walking The Streets Of London : Book Ii. that begins with:

Of Walking the Streets by Day.
Thus far the Muse has trac'd in useful lays ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbccddeebbaaeeffbgbbhhccggaaeeiiddbbccaacchhjjhhddhhbbaagghhbbccccaadXhhaaggbbccddaahhiiaaddXkXdXehhiiggjjhhcccchhXhggaahhbbbbddllmmgghhaahhddeeccggddhhnneeaaffoeddbbXghhkggddccccggeehhhhXchhhhpphhcchhffnnXhhhhhbXaaiheonXaaddccjjhhbbjjXXeeXehhaaffaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,281,72,24,44,77,22,16,27,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2673
  • Average number of words per stanza: 452
  • Amount of lines: 590
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, to, of, she, and, her, your, where, his, pip, thy, nor, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, while, the, when, his, bid, there, nor, or, then, from are repeated.

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  • summary of Trivia ; Or, The Art Of Walking The Streets Of London : Book Ii.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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