1. Soliloquy: This is a speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts and feelings. This is common in dramatic works like Shakespeare's plays, but it can also be adapted for poetry.
2. Dramatic Monologue: Similar to a soliloquy, but it's addressed to a specific (but silent) listener. It reveals the speaker's character and motivations through their words and allows for more intricate development of their emotions.
3. Free Verse: This form allows for greater freedom in structure and rhyme, making it ideal for capturing the stream of consciousness of a character. It can convey the raw and unscripted thoughts and feelings of a character, without the constraints of traditional poetic structures.
4. Internal Monologue: A poem that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character in a stream of consciousness style, often without direct speech. It allows the reader to experience the character's inner world directly.
5. Character Sketch: A poem that describes the personality, traits, and emotional state of a character. While not necessarily focusing on dialogue or interaction, it can effectively capture the inner world of a character.
Examples:
* Soliloquy: "To be or not to be" from Shakespeare's *Hamlet* is a classic example of a soliloquy.
* Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a famous dramatic monologue where the Duke reveals his possessive and controlling nature to a silent visitor.
* Free Verse: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" uses free verse to express the raw emotions and experiences of the speaker.
* Internal Monologue: Virginia Woolf's novel *Mrs. Dalloway* is a prime example of internal monologue, but it's also been adapted into poetry form by various poets.
It's important to note that many poems can express the thoughts and feelings of a character even if they don't fit neatly into these categories. The key is to look for poems that focus on the internal world of a single character, regardless of form or technique.