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DEFINITION 
The narrator of a poem

EXAMPLE

Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings,
leader beloved, and long he ruled
in fame with all folk, since his father had gone
away from the world, till awoke an heir,
haughty Healfdene, who held through life,
sage and sturdy, the Scyldings glad.
Then, one after one, there woke to him,
to the chieftain of clansmen, children four:
Heorogar, then Hrothgar, then Halga brave;
and I heard that -- was -- 's queen,
the Heathoscylfing's helpmate dear.

SIGNIFICANCE

A poem can feel different in different person perspective. For instance, if the poem is in first person perspective, then the story/poem will all be about that person and his/her feelings. The descriptive details might focus only into one person. And sometimes, we can feel sympathize for the narrator. If it's third person perspective, then the narrator will tell us about the story and its details from a point of view of a person that haven't been in the story's situation. First person perspective is more expressing and flashback, when the third person perspective is just simply telling the story. Third person perspective allows us to interpret the poem in different way with first person.