 Many of Tennyson 's poems are in the form of a dramatic monologue . However , Mariana , like The Lady of Shallott , is more accurately a lyrical narrative . It contains elements of dramatic monologies in that it contains a refrain that carries through the poem as found in Oriana and other poems . Oriana is completely a dramatic monologue and Mariana is not because Tennyson represents how the title figure is unable to linguistically control her own poem , which reinforces the themes of the poem . This technique is used again in Tennyson 's later poem , The Two Voices . The rhyme scheme of the poem , abab cddc efef , is different than the standard ballad rhyme that serves to contain the poem then allow a free expression . The middle quatrain of the stanzas returns in theme to the beginning in a cyclical pattern while the last quatrain 's lines contain the same words . 
 Many of Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>poems are in the form of a dramatic monologue . However , Mariana , like The Lady of Shallott , <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>more accurately a lyrical narrative . It <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>contains</mark></a> elements of dramatic monologies in that it <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>contains</mark></a> a refrain <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>carries</mark></a> through the poem as found in Oriana and other poems . Oriana <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>completely a dramatic monologue and Mariana <a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>not</mark></a>because Tennyson <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>represents</mark></a> how the title figure is unable to linguistically control her own poem , which <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>reinforces</mark></a> the themes of the poem . This technique is used again in Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>later poem , The Two Voices . The rhyme scheme of the poem , abab cddc efef , <a href='drop_aux' title='13'><mark>is</mark></a>different than the standard ballad rhyme <a href='null_relcl' title='14'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>serves</mark></a> to contain the poem then allow a free expression . The middle quatrain of the stanzas returns in theme to the beginning in a cyclical pattern while the last quatrain <a href='null_genetive' title='16'><mark>'s</mark></a>lines contain the same words . 
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