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** One could argue, though, that the author is parodying both of these tropes. The default narrator setting is "mockery."
* Much of the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series is written like this.
* ''[[One Day in Thethe Life of Ivan Denisovich]]'', being narrated by a simple ''zek''.
* [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Made into an art form]] by minimalist writers from the 70's/80's. Inspired mainly by Hemingway. Most famous: Raymond Carver.
* [[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]], in virtually every sentence. This troper doesn't remember seeing more than ten sentences with multiple clauses.
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''The Red Wheelbarrow''
[[Serious Business|so much depends]] / upon / a red wheel / barrow
glazed with rain / water / beside the white / chickens.
 
''This Is Just To Say''
I have eaten / the plums / that were in / the icebox
and which / you were probably / saving / for breakfast
Forgive me / they were delicious / so sweet / and so cold }}
* This poem from Ogden Nash:
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