Speaker
Definition: The person in which the point of view of the piece of poetry is being told. The speaker is not necessarily the author of the poem.
Example:
I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
by Emily Dickinson.I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!
They'd advertise - you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
The speaker of this poem is probably someone insecure and feels like they're not worth much. It could possibly be the poet.
Significance: When you have different speakers, poets get the chance to express their views in different perspectives. They can be one person in one poem, then a completely different one in another.
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