Question

“Hanging Fire” - Reread lines 24–35. Ask what they can infer about the speaker and what evidence supports the inference.

Answer 1

Answer:

According to lines 24-35, we can infer that the speaker feels alone and misunderstood. This is highlighted in lines 24-25 which are: "Nobody even stops to think/ about my side of it."

Explanation:

"Hanging Fire" is a poem that presents a girl's vision of the life she is living. This girl is 14 years old and is the speaker of the poem. During the reading we can see that she has several insecurities, complaints and concerns about life. She is concerned with appearance, with the end of life, with what others think of her and even with the relationship she has with her mother. The girl's mother does not seem to care about the concerns she presents, in fact, the girl feels that nobody cares, which makes her feel alone and misunderstood, as we can see in lines 24-25 of the poem which are: "Nobody even stops to think/ about my side of it."