Urgh Wikipedia The lack of common sense is maybe fault of Wikipedia People keep putting in their fingerprints without justification Oh yah maybe but let s keep adding stuff in Anyway people will correct us Example Bob Dylan s Like a Rolling Stone is at least in the majority of people s opinion not stream of consciousness Stream of consciousness refers to unspoken thoughts whereas Like a Rolling Stone is more a dramatic monologue ie addressed to someone in particular The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is also a dramatic monologue not stream of consciousness Let s keep a literary device a literary device and stop making yourself and Wikipedia look silly by adding things which aren t confirmed in an encyclopedia Remember the first rule of thumb in an encyclopedia is that it has to be trustworthy