dramatic monologue

Ulysses

An aging hero refuses stillness, urging his crew toward one last voyage of meaning.

My Last Duchess

A Duke’s refined monologue reveals jealousy, control, and a chilling confession.

Mending Wall

“Mending Wall” stages a spring ritual of repair as an argument about custom. The speaker mocks his neighbor’s proverb even as he performs the labor that…

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was a Victorian poet whose psychological insight and dramatic monologues made him one of the era’s most original voices.