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What is the defining characteristic of a dramatic monologue that sets it apart from a soliloquy or a lyric poem?
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- 1It must reveal the speaker's true intentions and inner thoughts with absolute honesty.
- 2It must be written strictly in blank verse and involve a prominent historical figure.
- 3The speaker addresses an audience of one or more characters, whose presence is implied but whose words are not heard by the reader.✓
- 4The poem is written in the first person and the speaker is explicitly understood to be the poet.
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The speaker addresses an audience of one or more characters, whose presence is implied but whose words are not heard by the reader.
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