dramatic monologue

A dramatic monologue occurs when a character in fiction or in history speaks at a critical moment. The monologue is usually directed toward a silent audience, with the speaker's words influenced by a critical situation. An example of a dramatic monologue exists in My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, when a duke speaks to an emissary of his cruelty. Another example is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot.

References

Page 237 of Master the AP English Language & Composition Test, a book by Laurie Rozakis

A dramatic monologue is also the name given to a poem spoken in the first person.

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