Question

The following passage from Audre Lorde’s poem “Hanging Fire” and answer the question.

Nobody even stops to think

about my side of it

I should have been on Math Team

my marks were better than his

why do I have to be

the one wearing braces

I have nothing to wear tomorrow

will I live long enough

to grow up

and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed.

Whom is the speaker talking to in Lorde’s poem?

her mother
her father
her sister
herself

Answer 1

Herself

Step-by-step explanation:

Nobody even stops to think

about my side of it

She's talking to herself and about how nobody sees things from her side.

Answer 2

She is talking to herself.