Speaker

Definition: the narrator of the poem

Example:

A Girl by Ezra Pound


The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast-
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are.
You are violets with wind above them.
A child―so high―you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

The poem was written in response to Greek mythology of Apollo and Daphne's love. The speaker in the poem is Daphne when she changes herself into a tree.

Significance: By having a speaker it allows for a different story told by a different point of view. It creates a more in depth type of story to the poem. It also allows you to create a picture and description that can really allow the reader to connect to.