A soliloquy is a long speech in a play by one character and it is meant to be heard by only the audience, not the other characters. It usually rhymes.
One of the best-known examples is Hamlet's soliloquy.
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Shakespeares 4 types of writing were solioquy, asides, blank verse, and prologuesIf anyone wrote today the way Shakespeare did, it would be called an archaic style, although of course it was perfectly contemporary at the time Shakespeare wrote it. I would describe it as an ornate style.
At the end of Act 3, Scene 3 in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Claudius delivers a short soliloquy that reveals his profound guilt and inner turmoil over the murder of his brother, King Hamlet. He acknowledges that he cannot pray for forgiveness because he still enjoys the fruits of his crime—his power and the queen. This moment illustrates Claudius's recognition of his moral corruption and the psychological consequences of his actions, highlighting the theme of guilt in the play. Ultimately, his inability to repent underscores the complexity of his character and the play's exploration of sin and redemption.
Wordsworth deviated from the then traditional formal stylised style of writing by using nature and the diction of the common man. He believed that poetic style should be as simple as everyday language, and that the more one draws on elemental feelings the better or their art.