Question

When the speaker of the poem says "you," is it meant to refer to only the readers' experiences--or to the speaker's experiences as well? How do you know? *

Answer 1

Answer:

Both

When the speaker of the poem says "you," it refer to both the readers' experiences--or to the speaker's experiences as well

Explanation:

The speaker is the voice or "persona" of a poem. One should not assume that the poet is the speaker, because the poet may be writing from a perspective entirely different from his own, even with the voice of another gender, race or species, or even of a material object.