WILL GIVE BRAINLIST FOR THE BEST ANSWER What do you infer about the speaker’s state of mind in the opening stanza? What are some words that clue you in?

How does Etheridge’s use of anaphora (repetition at the beginnings of lines) affect her message? What feeling does this repetition develop?

What might Etheridge mean by the lines "Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth / To listen to an inconvenient truth" (lines 22-23)? What is the impact of these lines? How do they connect to her overall message?

BASED ON I NEED TO WAKE UP SONG