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How do plays express theme differently than poems do?

Plays use staging and music to express theme, while poems often rely on characterization and setting.

Plays express theme by developing the setting, while poems express theme using characterization.

Plays rely on dialogue and plot to express theme, while poems communicate theme using symbolic details and fresh language.

Plays rely on symbolic details and fresh language to express theme, while poems use mostly dialogue and plot.

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The third option is correct.

Plays primarily develop theme through dialogue, action, and plot (what characters say and do onstage), plus staging, performance, and sometimes music. Poems, by contrast, typically convey theme through concentrated language — imagery, symbolism, figurative language, tone, diction, and line breaks — rather than extended plot or dialogue.