Cloture is a means of terminating a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech on the floor of the Senate designed to forestall legislative action.
Melodrama is: âa dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.â (Dictionary.com) Drama is: âany situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results.â (Dictionary.com)
Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. A poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character to an imaginary audience of one or more people is known as a dramatic monologue. Such a poem compresses into a single vivid scene a narrative sense of the speakerâs history and psychological insight into his character.