Repetition
There is only one phrase in "Hanging Fire" that repeats, and it's "and momma's in the bedroom / with the door closed." The repetition of this line emphasizes our speaker's loneliness and isolation...
Guns
The title of "Hanging Fire" may seem disconnected with the poem itself: what does a phrase from gun jargon have to do with a poem spoken by a teenage girl? That's a good question. The first thing t...