dramatic monologue

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a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called dramatic lyric.

First recorded in 1930–35

In the end, I find it never fails to modernize even the most dramatic things.
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It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
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It all sounds a bit dramatic, but that cactus feels like something special.
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In a dramatic twist on mistletoe reproduction, their seeds explode, literally.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We shake hands and he immediately begins a monologue about prison breaks and South America.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
Children's Ways|James Sully
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Dramatic adaptation in expressing various characters, emotions, and motives is potentially very great.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
We would classify these two departments in this way, though in the highest dramatic work elements of both phases are combined.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick