Here's an example:
http://www.online-literature.com/hardy/909/
This poem has two speakers, neither of which is the poet.
Here's another:
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/warpoems.htm#5
In this one, it's hard to tell if the poet is also the speaker.
Here's another:
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/warpoems.htm#15
What do you think?
What the importance of knowing the difference between the speaker and the writer in a poem?
5 answers
There is really no importance. But, the difference is that the poet is the person who writes the poem, and the speaker is the person who tells the story.
The speaker is the narrator or character of the poem. The poet is the writer or creator of the poem
The person who writes the poem is the poet. The person telling the story (kind of like a character or narrator)is the speaker
i get my ans