Read the following stanza from Audre Lorde's poem "Hanging Fire" and answer the question.

I am fourteen

and my skin has betrayed me

the boy I cannot live without

still sucks his thumb

in secret

how come my knees are

always so ashy

what if I die

before morning

and momma's in the bedroom

with the door closed.

What detail supports the inference that this poem is about the transitional time between adolescence and adulthood?

a. the closed door

b. the thumb sucking

c. the fact that she is fourteen

d. her maturity

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12 October, 10:16

Read the following stanza from Audre Lorde's poem "Hanging Fire" and answer the question.

I am fourteen

and my skin has betrayed me

the boy I cannot live without

still sucks his thumb

in secret

how come my knees are

always so ashy

what if I die

before morning

and momma's in the bedroom

with the door closed.

What detail supports the inference that this poem is about the transitional time between adolescence and adulthood?

a. the closed door

b. the thumb sucking

c. the fact that she is fourteen

d. her maturity

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Ming · Answer 1

it is because she is 14

Jermaine · Answer 2

In the Audre Lorde's poem "Hanging Fire":

c. the fact that she is fourteen is the detail supports the inference that this poem is about the transitional time between adolescence and adulthood.

The speaker's main personality is that she is anxious and worrisome.