dramatic monologue
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dramatic monologue

noun

Definition of DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

: a literary work (as a poem) in which a speaker's character is revealed in a monologue usually addressed to a second person

First Known Use of DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

circa 1935

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