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From Wiki… the definitions of various types of monologues

The term “monologue” was used to describe a form of popular narrative verse, sometimes comic, often dramatic or sentimental,which was performed in music halls or in domestic entertainments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Famous examples include Idylls of the King, The Green Eye of the Yellow God and Christmas Day in the Workhouse.

The “interior monologue” is a technical device in narrative. It renders a character’s thoughts in the present tense, omitting speech markers such as “he thought” and quotation marks. Although the terms are often confused, it can be distinguished from the stream of consciousness device by its relatively structured syntax and possibility of the monologist’s addressing himself. Also, the interior monologue is different from present-tense first-person narration, in which the narrator is aware that he is telling a story. The device allows a rendition of a character’s thoughts and emotions more intimate than traditional forms of narration, since it lays the character’s thoughts open to all readers.