Poetry blog post 1

The difference between the speaker and poet is similar to the difference between character and author. The author may write a character a certain way, say they have issues making friends, little emotional control, an inability to respond to stimuli optimally or a feeling of worthlessness due to weakness, this does not mean that the author has these feelings or issues. The author also could have these issues and are using the character as a conduit to express themselves. The only way to know for sure is an understanding of the author’s life and a statement from them saying that they did or did not have these issues. The reason you need a statement is that even if the author has or had these feelings, they may not be writing about themselves. They may not even be aware of the fact that their and their character’s dilemmas are similar and both are just isolated incidents. The relationship between poet and speaker is almost exactly the same as this.