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In poetry and anywhere else, the ending "logue", like "logy", derives from the Greek word logos meaning a word or speech. Thus a monologue is a speech given by one (monos) person, a dialogue is a speech between two (di), a prologue is given at the beginning (pro) and an epilogue at the end (epi)

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