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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? *

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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

Step-by-step 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.

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