How are soliloquies typically written in Shakespearean drama?
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Correct answer: Primarily in blank verse
Most Shakespearean soliloquies are composed in blank verse — unrhymed iambic pentameter — which provides a flexible, elevated register suited to introspective expression. Rhymed couplets occasionally appear at a speech's end for emphasis.
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