But the largest, if not the greatest work in the volume must be sought for, not in the romances, properly speaking, nor in the lyrics, but in the dramatic monologues.
Clive, the most popular in style, and certainly one of the finest poems in the volume, is a dramatic monologue very much akin, in subject, treatment and form, to the narratives in the first series.
Hence his persistent use of the dramatic monologue.
The larger part of the volume consists of dramatic monologues.
To Browning belongs the credit of having created a new poetic form,—the dramatic monologue.
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dramatic monologue
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literature
apoemwritten as if someone isspeakingto anunseenlisteneraboutimportanteventsorthoughts
Bennett's favourite act was to mock and parody the dramatic monologues of the turn of the century.
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These forms are then replaced, argue the editors, bydramaticmonologueand compressed lyric.
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He created a new type of musical anddramaticmonologuethat became popular.
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In contrast, adramaticmonologueinvolves one character speaking to another character.
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This can be a comic monologue paired with adramaticmonologueor it can mean classical paired with contemporary.
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She is the interlocutor of thisdramaticmonologue.
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Categorising the poem is difficult, as it contains elements of all of the ode, thedramaticmonologueand the conversation poem.
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The novel and plays have also been important influences on thedramaticmonologue, particularly as a means of characterization.
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The stream of unconsciousness is one of several forms ofdramaticmonologue, where the speaker is addressing an audience or a third person.
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Y, only one of whom speak, an example of adramaticmonologue.
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A master of thedramaticmonologue, his work is drenched in humanity.
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An oft-quoted poem, it is popularly used to illustrate thedramaticmonologueform.
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Beginning with the early forms of drama, the drawing room play has evolved to encompass comedy as well as to include the forms of thedramaticmonologue.
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Although her routine, which included a comedy sketch, singing and adramaticmonologue, was initially met with skepticism, it soon became a popular and respected act.
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His fame today rests mainly on his dramatic monologues, in which the words not only convey setting and action but also reveal the speaker's character.
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