LITERARY TERMS/CONCEPTS

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Rhyme Royle:
                    It is a stanza form of seven-lines in iambic pentametre and rhyming ab.ab,bc,c.This was used for the first time by Chaucer in "Troilus and Criseyde" and later by James I of Scotland about 1424 in his poem 'The King's Quair' due to which the word 'royal' appears. It is suited for narrative.


Soliloquy : 
                  Soliloquy is a stage device like aside, it is in a form of a speech delivered by a character in a play when alone, believing that there are no hearers. It helps in describing character truthfully. The soliloquies of Hamlet and Claudius in "Hamlet" are excellant examples.

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