Chapter 69

Sol"dier*ship, n. Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. [R.] Shak.

Sol"dier*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

Sol"dier*y (?), n. 1. A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.

A camp of faithful soldiery.

Milton.

2. Military service. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

||Sol"do (?), n.; pl. Soldi (#). [It. See Sou.] A small Italian coin ||worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.

Sole (?), n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish. (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.

Lemon, or French, sole (Zoöl.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). -- Smooth sole (Zoöl.), the megrim.

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Sole (?), n. [AS. sole, fr. L. soolea (or rather an assumed L. sola), akin to solumround, soil, sole of the foot. Cf. Exile, Saloon, Soil earth, Sole the fish.] 1. The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.

The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.

Gen. viii. 9.

Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.

Spenser.

2. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.

The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.

Arbuthnot.

3. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially: (a) (Agric.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow. (b) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. (c) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure. (d) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. Totten. (e) (Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.

Sole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Soling.] To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

Sole, a. [L. solus, or OF. sol, F. seul (fr. L. solus; cf. L. sollus whole, entire. Cf. Desolate, Solemn, Solo, Sullen.] 1. Being or acting without another; single; individual; only. "The sole son of my queen." Shak.

He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole king.

Milton.

2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.

Syn. -- Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.

Sol"e*cism (?), n.[F. solécisme, L. soloecismus, Gr. soloikismo`s, fr. soloiki`zein to speak or write incorrectly, fr. so`loikos speaking incorrectly, from the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists of So`loi in Cilicia.] 1. An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.

A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more.

Johnson.

2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.

Cæsar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.

C. Middleton.

The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him.

Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.

Sol"e*cist (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;.] One who commits a solecism. Blackwall.

Sol`e*cis"tic (?), a. Solecistical.

Sol`e*cis"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. "He thought it made the language solecistical and absurd." Blackwall.

Sol`e*cis"tic*al*ly, adv. In a solecistic manner.

Sol"e*cize (?), v. i. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;.] To commit a solecism. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Sole"ly (?), adv. Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

Sol"emn (?), a. [OE. solempne, OF. solempne, L. solemnis, solennis, sollemnis, sollennis; sollus all, entire + annus a year; properly, that takes place every year; -- used especially of religious solemnities. Cf. Silly, Annual.] 1. Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned.

Milton.

The worship of this image was advanced, and a solemn supplication observed everry year.

Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal. [Obs.] "On this solemn day." Chaucer.

3. Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic]

His feast so solemn and so rich.

Chaucer.

To-night we hold a splemn supper.

Shak.

4. Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.

Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts.

Milton.

There reigned a solemn silence over all.

Spenser.

5. Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. & R.]

Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn taking it by the Turks.

Fuller.

6. Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb." Swift.

7. (Law) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf.

Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2.

Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious; reverential; devotional; devout. See Grave.

Sol"em*ness (?), n. Solemnness.

Some think he wanted solemnes.

Sir H. Wotton.

So*lem"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Solemnities (#). [L. solemnitas, solennitas: cf. F. solennité, solemnité, OF. also sollempnité.] 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day.

Pope.

2. ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

The forms and solemnities of the last judgment.

Atterburry.

3. Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

With much glory and great solemnity.

Chaucer.

The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.

Addison.

These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.

J. Edwards.

4. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.

Solemnity 's a cover for a sot.

Young.

5. Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

6. (Law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

So*lem"ni*zate (?), v. t. To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. [R.] Bp. Burnet.

Sol`em*ni*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. solemnisation, solennisation.] The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

Sol"em*nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solemnized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Solemnizing (?).] [Cf. F. solemniser, sollemniser.] 1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.

Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another.

Hooker.

2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.

Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all parts to solemnize this feast.

Milton.

3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.

Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow.

J. C. Shairp.

Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed.

L. Wallace.

Sol"em*nize, n. Solemnization. [R.]

Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.

Spenser.

Sol"em*ni`zer (?), n. One who solemnizes.

Sol"emn*ly (?), adv. In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.

There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise.

Dryden.

I do solemnly assure the reader.

Swift.

Sol"emn*ness, n. The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. [Written also solemness.]

So*lemp"ne (?), a. [See Solemn.] Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||So"len (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; channel, a shellfish.] 1. ||(Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.

2. (Zoöl.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidæ; a razor shell.

Sol`e*na"cean (?), n. (Zoöl). Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidæ.

Sol`e*na"ceous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidæ.

Sole"ness (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.] Chesterfield.

Sole*nette" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small European sole (Solea minuta).

||So*le`no*con"cha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Solen, and Conch.] (Zoöl.) Same ||as Scaphopoda.

So*le"no*don (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.

So*le`no*gas"tra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, stomach.] (Zoöl.) An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.

So*le"no*glyph (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. -- n. One of the Selenoglypha.

||So`le*nog"ly*pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel + ||&?;&?;&?;&?; to engrave.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of serpents including ||those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and ||rattlesnake. See Fang.

So"len*oid (?), n.[Gr. &?;&?;&?; channel + -oid.] (Elec.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.

||So`le*nos"to*mi (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a channel ||+ &?;&?;&?;&?; a mouth.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having ||a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

Sole"plate` (?), n. (Mach.) (a) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine. (b) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.

{ So"ler (?), So"lere (?), } n. [OE. See Solar, n.] A loft or garret. See Solar, n. Sir W. Scott.

So"lert (?), a. [L. solers, sollers, -ertis,clever, skillful.] Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] Cudworth.

So*ler"tious*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Sole"ship (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir E. Dering.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.

Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.

Piers Plowman.

Sol"-fa", n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Sol`fa*na"ri*a (?), n. [It., from solfo sulphur.] A sulphur mine.

||Sol`fa*ta"ra (?), n.[It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, ||E. sulphur.] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only ||sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the ||volcanic activity.

||Sol`feg*gia"re (?), v. i.[It.] (Mus.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.

||Sol*feg"gio (?), n.[It., fr. solfa the gamut.] (Mus.) The system of ||arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by ||which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.

Sol`fe*ri"no (?), n. A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.

||So"li (?), n., pl. of Solo.

So*lic"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr. sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently) moved; sollus whole + citus, p. p. of ciere to move, excite. See Solemn, Cite.] 1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

Milton.

2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.

I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.

Pope.

3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.

That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.

Milton.

Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.

Locke.

4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. [Obs.]

Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts.

Ford.

5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

Hath any ill solicited thine ears?

Chapman.

But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.

Dryden.

Syn. To beseech; ask; request; crave; supplicate; entreat; beg; implore; importune. See Beseech.

So*lic"it*ant (?), n.[L. sollicitans, p. pr. ] One who solicits.

So*lic"it*ate (?), a. Solicitous. [Obs.] Eden.

So*lic`i*ta"tion (?), n. [F. sollicitation, or L. sollicitatio.] 1. The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses. Locke.

So*lic"it*or (?), n. [F. solliciteur, L. sollicitator.] 1. One who solicits.

2. (Law) (a) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney. (b) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.

So*lic"it*or-gen"er*al (?), n. The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.

So*lic"it*ous (?), a.[L. sollicitus, solicitus. See Solicit, v. t.] Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. "Solicitous of my reputation." Dryden. "He was solicitous for his advice." Calerendon.

Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future.

Jer. Taylor.

The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications.

Clarendon.

-- So*lic"it*ous*ly, adv. -- So*lic"it*ous*ness, n.

So*lic"it*ress (?), n. A woman who solicits.

So*lic"i*tude (?), n. [F. sollicitude,r L. sollicitudo.] The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.

The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows.

Sir W. Raleigh.

The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.

G. W. Cable.

Syn. -- Carefulness; concern; anxiety. See Care.

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Sol"id (sl"d), a. [L. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr. &?;&?;&?;: cf. F. solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn.] 1. Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.

2. Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.

3. (Arith.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.

In this sense, cubics now generally used.

4. Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.

5. Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.

6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.

The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer.

Milton.

These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.

Dryden.

The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

J. A. Symonds.

7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. I. Watts.

8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.

9. (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.

10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.]

Solid angle. (Geom.) See under Angle. -- Solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. -- Solid green. See Emerald green (a), under Green. -- Solid measure (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches. -- Solid newel (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under Hollow, a. -- Solid problem (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. Hutton. -- Solid square (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.

Syn. -- Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important. -- Solid, Hard. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft.

Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised.

Shak.

I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground.

Dryden.

Sol"id, n. 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.

2. (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.

Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5.

||Sol`i*da"go (?), n. [NL., fr. L. solidare to strengthen, unite; -- so ||called in allusion to its reputed healing qualities.] (Bot.) A genus ||of yellow- flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.

Sol"i*dare (?), n. [LL. solidus. Cf. Sou.] A small piece of money. [Obs.] Shak.

Sol`i*dar"i*ty (?), n. [F. solidarité, fr. solide. See Solid.] An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.

Solidarity [a word which we owe to the French Communists], signifies a fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat.

Trench.

The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry.

M. Arnold.

Sol"i*da*ry (?), a. Having community of interests and responsibilities.

Men are solidary, or copartners; and not isolated.

M. Arnold.

Sol"i*date (?), v. t. [L. solidatus, p. p. of solidare. See Solder.] To make solid or firm. [Obs.] Cowley.

So*lid"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being solidified.

So*lid`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. solidification.] Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.

So*lid"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solidified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Solidifying (?).] [Solid + -fy: cf. F. solidifier.] To make solid or compact.

Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem.

H. Spencer.

So*lid"i*fy, v. i. To become solid; to harden.

Sol"id*ism (?), n. (Med.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.

Sol"id*ist, n. (Med.) An advocate of, or believer in, solidism. Dunglison.

So*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidité.] 1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.

That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving one toward another, I call solidity.

Locke.

2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.

3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.

Syn. -- Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness; strength; soundness; validity; certainty.

Sol"id*ly (?), adv. In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.

Sol"id*ness, n. 1. State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.

||Sol`id*un"gu*la (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. solidus solid + ungula a ||hoof.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, ||and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.

Sol`id*un"gu*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Solipedous.

Sol`id*un"gu*late (?), n. [Solid + ungulate.] (Zool.) Same as Soliped.

Sol`id*un"gu*lous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Solipedous.

Sol`i*fid"i*an (?), n. [L. solus alone + fides faith.] (Eccl.) One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond.

Sol`i*fid"i*an, a. Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.

Sol`i*fid"i*an*ism, n. The state of Solifidians.

Sol"i*form (?), a. [L. sol sun + -form.] Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun. [R.] "Soliform things." Cudworth.

||So*lif"u*gæ (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. solifuga (better solipuga), a ||kind of venomous ant, or spider.] (Zoöl.) A division of arachnids ||having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also ||Solpugidea, and Solpugides.

So*lil"o*quize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soliloquized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Soliloquizing (#).] To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.

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.

Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy.

Spectator.

2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.

The whole poem is a soliloquy.