What are the key features for a dramatic monologue?

Answer:
  1. A 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.

  2. This person addresses and interacts with one or more other people; but we know of the auditors' presence, and what they say and do, only from clues in the discourse of the single speaker.

  3. The main principle controlling the poet's choice and formulation of what the lyric speaker says is to reveal to the reader, in a way that enhances its interest, the speaker's temperament and character.
First answer by Abie-mae09. Last edit by Abie-mae09. Contributor trust: 1 [recommend contributor recommended]. Question popularity: 2 [recommend question].