El narrador de un poema

Question

When analyzing poetry in English, instead of referring to the narrator of the poem as a "narrator," the convention is to refer to him as a "speaker." Does the same convention apply when analyzing poetry in Spanish? That is, should I refer to the speaker of a poem as "el orador" or should I use "el narrador"?

Answer 1

Well, I'm analyzing a poem for my final Spanish paper. The poem tells a tale in first person, and I want to refer to the internal "speaker" of the poem. In my English class, my professor gave us the following distinction: use "narrator" to when referencing a piece of prose in first person; use "speaker" to with regard to a poem in first person. My only question is whether that distinction holds true in Spanish, or if Spanish allows the word "narrador" for the internal speaker of a poem.

Answer 2

I'm confused. When you say "the narrator" of the poem are you referring to a person who recites or reads the poem? The reference to "analysing poetry" seems to suggest that you just might mean the internal "narrator" sometimes embedded in the poem.

Do you habitually analyse poetry only as an audible form? I don't remember any of my English teachers or English student friends doing this.

Answer 3

Narrador is used in Spanish. Orador is more like a speaker.