Meanings
- uncountableAbsence of a speaker.
Instead of the speakerlessness of sentences with a third person SELF, what is espoused is the idea that in such sentences there is a blending of two points of view or 'voices,' […]
2014, Ann Banfield, Unspeakable Sentences1 more example
In each, however, the ritualistic quality of the prosody (following from the genres of invocation and epitaph) conspires with other elements to push the poem toward the condition of speakerlessness.
1993, Jay Parini, The Columbia History of American Poetry, page 106
Origin
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