Summary Of Hanging Fire By Audre Lorde

In “Hanging Fire” by Audre Lorde, the speaker, a fourteen-year-old girl, is growing up and struggling with her looks, feelings, and her future, with little guidance from her mother, but she is hoping to make it to the next day. Showing how although we will have our tough times, we will get through them with time. Audre Lorde created this free verse poem to emphasize that growing up, there are so many random themes because life is so random, and growing up there will be a lot going on. Throughout the poem, she talks about her worries about the way she looks. In the last stanza she expresses, “why so I have to be the one wearing braces” (Lorde 28-30). When analyzing these lines, there is an emphasis on “I” as if she is the only one wearing braces,