Speaker

Definition: Speaker is the point of view of the poet, for example first person

Example:  On Flying (first person)

It's twilight, and we are out in the street
when someone kicks a can that goes far
across the stream and over on the other side
so we have to find another can and start over.
The girls start teasing the boys
and the boys chase the girls.
It's windy and leaves are blowing.
Some start running with the breeze.
Soon everyone is running;
It feels like I'm flying.
But mother calls and we go to bed.
Before long I'm in my own kitchen,
beating batter in a mixing bowl with one hand,
holding a child with the other.
Many of the women I've known
are in their kitchens with four walls and a stove.
Everyone marches in the cookie parade, but inside
you're still running with the wind
and no one can call you home.

Significance: By write poem under first person point of view, we can understand what and how the feeling of the poet and understand the poem easier.