43+ Speaker Of A Poem Images. The speaker is quite often a created character, just as the characters who are on display in a play are created characters. In poetry, the speaker is the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.
To be certain whether the poet speaks from his or her own experience.
However, the readers of this poem know that he is undergoing a big decision, that he has chosen a single path according to which he is directing his life, and this splits into two options. This is determined based on the narrative perspective, tone and use of language in the poem. Reader when he or she is reading the poem to him or herself. A poem is inharmonious when it's hard to read and doesn't flow smoothly.