Question

Which choice defines the speaker of a poem?

Answer 1

Answer:

Just like fiction has a narrator, poetry has a speaker–someone who is the voice of the poem. Oftentimes, the speaker is the poet. Other times, the speaker can take on the voice of someone else including animals and inanimate objects.

Answer 2

Answer:

someone who is the voice of the poem

Explanation:

Just like fiction has a narrator, poetry has a speaker–someone who is the voice of the poem. Often times, the speaker is the poet. Other times, the speaker can take on the voice of a persona–the voice of someone else including animals and inanimate objects.