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  2. Dramatic monologue - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character. M.H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: The single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment ...

  3. Shakespeare's writing style - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare's first plays were written in the conventional style of the day. He wrote them in a stylised language that does not always spring naturally from the needs of the characters or the drama. [1] The poetry depends on extended, elaborate metaphors and conceits, and the language is often rhetorical —written for actors to declaim ...

  4. Monologue - Wikipedia

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    Monologue. In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the ...

  5. Poetics (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    The poet should incorporate complication and dénouement within the story, as well as combine all of the elements of tragedy. The poet must express thought through the characters' words and actions, while paying close attention to diction and how a character's spoken words express a specific idea. Aristotle believed that all of these different ...

  6. Verse drama and dramatic verse - Wikipedia

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    Prolific in the form were, for example, Michael Field and Gordon Bottomley. Dramatic poetry in general. Dramatic poetry is any poetry that uses the discourse of the characters involved to tell a story or portray a situation. The major types of dramatic poetry are those already discussed, to be found in plays written for the theatre, and libretti.

  7. Essay of Dramatick Poesie - Wikipedia

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    Essay of Dramatick Poesie. John Dryden ' s Essay of Dramatick Poesy [1] was likely written in 1666 during the Great Plague of London and published in 1668. Dryden's claim in this essay was that poetic drama with English and Spanish influence [2] is a justifiable art form when compared to traditional French poetry. [3]

  8. Narrative poetry - Wikipedia

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    An example of this is The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning. In terms of narrative poetry, romance is a narrative poem that tells a story of chivalry. Examples include the Romance of the Rose or Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although those examples use medieval and Arthurian materials, romances may also tell stories from classical mythology.

  9. In medias res - Wikipedia

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    In medias res. A narrative work beginning in medias res ( Classical Latin: [ɪn ˈmɛdɪ.aːs ˈreːs], lit. "into the middle of things") opens in the chronological middle of the plot, rather than at the beginning ( cf. ab ovo, ab initio ). [1] Often, exposition is initially bypassed, instead filled in gradually through dialogue, flashbacks, or ...