has three main parts First a single speaker tells his thoughts feelings or a story from his own point of view Second the listener does not speak but we can feel his presence Third the speech of the speaker reveals his thoughts his past actions and his present feelings Browning s The Patriot contains all these qualities A Single Speaker In The Patriot the only speaker is a patriot He tells his story of glory and fall At the beginning he remembers how he was welcomed as a hero one year ago People filled the streets with roses and myrtle flowers He says It was roses roses all the way The rooftops were crowded with cheering people The whole city celebrated him with bells and colorful flags Through these lines we see the speaker s past success We also see his tone of sadness as he compares the present with the past This is a dramatic monologue because only the speaker talks From his speech we learn what happened Present Situation Now the scene changes Now after only a year people have forgotten his sacrifice He is being taken for execution There are no flowers No cheering crowds on the rooftops Instead people gather at the scaffold to see him punished It is raining as he walks to his death His hands are tied tightly with a rope that cuts into his wrists People throw stones at him He feels blood on his forehead He says They fling Stones at me for my year's misdeeds Feelings and Thoughts From the speaker s story we understand that he is deeply hurt He says he tried his best to do great things for the people He says Alack it was I who leaped at the sun This line means the patriot tried to do impossible things for his people But after only a year people have forgotten his sacrifice They are now punishing him So he is speaking sorrowfully about his present situation He feels that people have treated him unfairly So this poem is a fine dramatic monologue Because it brings out the speaker s feelings and thoughts from his story Faith in God From the speaker s monologue we also learn about his character deeply We understand that the patriot has deep faith in god He does not become angry at the people Instead he keeps faith in god He knows that god is not unfair Though he is betrayed by the people god will reward him justly He says Tis God shall repay I am safer so This line shows his faith in God This also shows his belief that God s reward is more important than human praise For these reasons The Patriot is a perfect dramatic monologue In this poem only the patriot speaks about his past glory and present fall From his monologue we learn deeply about his character feelings and thoughts This masterpiece proves why Robert Browning is the master of dramatic monologue