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I have found a great monologue poem from the 1994 Animated Disney classic “THE LION KING”.
This is Mufasa’s monologue poem, voiced by the brilliant James Earl Jones, where Mufasa is having a father-son talk with Simba. He’s explaining to Simba, all of the responsibilities of being king.
This monologue poem is written in 9 front rhymed tercets (3 line stanzas) where the 1st line does NOT rhyme while the 2nd & 3rd lines do rhyme. This is rhyme scheme gives the poem a sermon like feel.
If I were to perform this monologue poem, I would NOT speak the lines, I would preach the lines as if I’m passing down wisdom to the next generation. I would color the unrhymed lines but speaking them with more vehemence while speaking the rhymed lines with more gravitas.
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James Ivan 