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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Describe Narrator Speaker Poetry

Study Describe Narrator Speaker Poetry in AP English Literature and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Which term names a speaker who describes themselves with "I" but is not the author?

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ANSWER

Lyric speaker (a persona, not the poet). Creates distance between poet and poem through fictional voice.

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AP English Literature and Composition: Poetry

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Read the following poem excerpt: Title: "First Snow in the City" The sidewalk vendors pack their carts like closing books. Snow starts—thin, apologetic— and the sirens stitch it down. I watch my neighbor's kid catch flakes on his tongue, as if the sky is finally paying him back. How does the bolded phrase shape the speaker's perspective on the scene?
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