释义 |
dramatic monologue in American English a poetic monologue which presents a character and a situation solely by means of that character's own words dramatic monologue in American Englishnouna poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation Also called: dramatic lyric Word origin [1930–35 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, acoustic phonetics, hypercorrection, preset, technical foulExamples of 'dramatic monologue' in a sentencedramatic monologue His favoured form was therefore the dramatic monologue, in which the poem 'is both an exploration and an invention of identity'.Gone is the assured voice of the dramatic monologue, to be replaced by momentary impressions sketched in a whirl of excitement.Interestingly, too, his work used dramatic monologue to relate a history or reveal a narrative.If you're not given to dramatic monologues, take heart - or perhaps take flight.The book displays an accomplished formal variety, taking in free verse, sonnets, blank verse, dramatic monologues and a series of rather less successful prose poems.Its voices are hard to place, distanced, guardedly economical; the poems are brittle dramatic monologues, their speakers are tight-lipped, gnomic but often memorable.Each episode features dramatic monologues taken from the words of real people caught up in serious crimes. |