This poem is a dramatic monologue because the only speaker in the poem is Alfonso. Browning uses Iambic Pentameter as the metre to create a sense of natural speech; this makes the poem avoid sounding like a pre-meditated speech. Another reason why the poem sounds like natural speech is because the poem is written in rhyming couplets. The metre and rhyme scheme create a distinct poetic voice is make the poem and speaker sound to the reader like
This poem is a dramatic monologue because the only speaker in the poem is Alfonso. Browning uses Iambic Pentameter as the metre to create a sense of natural speech; this makes the poem avoid sounding like a pre-meditated speech. Another reason why the poem sounds like natural speech is because the poem is written in rhyming couplets. The metre and rhyme scheme create a distinct poetic voice is make the poem and speaker sound to the reader like