ABSTRACT
Heinze listed five formal characteristics. He began by pointing out that the normal Horatian ode has an addressee. From this he deduced two further characteristics, both a good deal less self-evident, will be the object of the chapter to discuss. In any case, Horace does not write to a single recipe as Heinze is apt to suggest: there is a good deal of experimentation, and the odes clearly fall into a number of groups. The dramatic scene and the speaker's earnest tone established, Horace is content to elaborate his theme in two stanzas of pure poetry. At any rate, Horace's concern in his dramatic monologues is not to tell his readers something. Two examples are naturally not enough to explore the use Horace makes of dramatic monologue. The short list of poems is not offered as exhaustive, but it should be long enough to provide the reader with ample evidence of the necessity for grasping Horace's dramatic technique.
