soliloquy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

soliloquy
    n 1: speech you make to yourself [syn: {soliloquy}, {monologue}]
    2: a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the
       illusion of unspoken reflections

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Soliloquy \So*lil"o*quy\, n.; pl. {Soliloquies}. [L.
   soliloquium; solus alone + loqui to speak. See {Sole} ly, and
   {Loquacious}.]
   1. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one
      in solitude to one's self; monologue.
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            Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy.
                                                  --Spectator.
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   2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a
      person says to himself.
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            The whole poem is a soliloquy.        --Prior.
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