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GCSE English Literature · key term
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be identified with the poet.
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Paper 2
The voice that speaks in a poem. A speaker may be an invented character and should not automatically be identified with the poet.
Revise: Power and Conflict overviewMemory can torment the speaker of Remains, yet sustain the speaker of The Emigrée. These differences make comparison valuable: it reveals distinct ways of understanding an apparently shared experience.
Distinguish the poet from the speaker: Browning creates the Duke’s voice; he does not endorse the Duke’s attitudes.
Distinguish the speaker’s attitudes from the poet’s presentation of them, especially in dramatic monologues.
Distinguish Byron from the speaker: the poem can draw on personal experience without being a literal account of Byron’s life.
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A poem’s imagined speaking voice, which should not automatically be identified with the poet.
A poem’s speaking voice, which should be distinguished from the poet even when the poem draws on the poet’s life.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it is not necessarily the poet’s own voice.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet’s own voice.
The voice speaking within a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet speaking autobiographically.
Paper 2
The voice speaking in a poem, which is not necessarily the poet’s own voice.
Revise: Relationships overviewBarrett Browning’s speaker declares personal devotion, Byron’s observer idealises another person, and Clarke’s speaker offers practical service. Valentine also offers intimacy, but refuses to separate it from hurt and possessiveness.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet’s own voice.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it should not automatically be identified with the poet.
The voice expressing thoughts and feelings in a poem; this voice should not automatically be identified with the poet.
Paper 2
The voice speaking in a poem, which may be a character rather than the poet.
Revise: Love and Relationships overviewSome speakers celebrate closeness; others wait, doubt, grieve or struggle to express what they feel.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet’s own voice.
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The voice speaking in a poem; this may be an invented character rather than the poet.
Revise: Anthology overviewBlake’s child speaker contrasts outdoor happiness with oppressive schooling. Wordsworth’s adult speaker discovers that an encounter with daffodils can continue to nourish the imagination afterwards.
A poem’s speaking voice, which may draw on the poet’s experience but is not automatically identical to the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it is not automatically the poet’s own voice.
The voice speaking in a poem, which is not necessarily the poet's own voice.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it need not express the poet’s own feelings or beliefs.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as identical to its author.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it is not automatically identical to the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice telling a poem or expressing its thoughts and feelings; this voice should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem. Even in autobiographical writing, distinguish this crafted voice from the poet when analysing its language and feelings.
The voice presenting a poem’s experiences or ideas; it is not automatically identical to the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it need not be identical to the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should be distinguished from the poet even when the poem draws on personal experience.
The voice presenting a poem’s observations, thoughts or feelings; it should not automatically be identified with the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which is not necessarily identical to the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem, which need not be the poet’s own voice.
The voice presenting a poem’s observations and feelings; it should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem; this may be an imagined person rather than the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem; it should not automatically be identified with the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should be distinguished from the poet who created it.
The voice expressing thoughts and feelings in a poem; it should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
A poem’s speaking voice, which should not automatically be treated as the poet speaking directly.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet speaking autobiographically.
The person whose voice we hear in a poem; this may be an invented character rather than the poet.
The voice that speaks in a poem; it should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The imagined voice speaking in a poem, which is not necessarily the poet’s own voice.
The voice telling or reflecting on events in a poem; it should be distinguished from the poet, even when the poem draws on personal experience.
The voice speaking in a poem; it is not automatically identical to the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem; it should not automatically be treated as identical to the poet.
The voice or character through whom a poem speaks; this is not necessarily the poet.
The voice speaking in a poem, which should be distinguished from the poet even when the poem draws on personal experience.
The speaking voice within a poem, which should not automatically be identified with the poet.
