Question

In poetry the term speaker refers to

Answer 1

Persona as a literary term refers to the narrator or speaker of the poem, not to be confused with the author — a narrative voice other than the poet tells the entire poem. When the poet creates a character to be the speaker, that character is called the persona and the poet imagines what it is like to enter someone else’s personality.

Answer 2

Hey there! :)

The speaker is referencing the person that created or made the poem. The 'speaker' is the one communicating the piece. Often times, that gets confused with someone that is verbally speaking the poem, however, it is usually the author.

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~kaikers