Who is the speaker in "The Ballad of Rudolph Reed?"***not 14 days

The speaker in this poem is not anyone in particular.  It is an
omniscient third party whose identity we cannot know.  We have no hints as to who is speaking --
all we know is that the speaker can know the thoughts of the people who are actually present in
the ballad.

The speaker is not particularly involved in the drama
that unfolds in the poem.  He or she simply stands back, aloof, and narrates.  Since this poem is
in ballad form, one can imagine a folk singer as the speaker.

The
speaker in this poem is an unknown omniscient narrator.