Setting, Tone, and Speaker

Speaker

• verses are slightly sarcastic.
• refrain has an exhilarated, bewildered feel.
• bridge is thoughtful and serious.

"Miss Independent"

Tone

Setting

The setting is not specified, but it presumably is in modern times.
•"she looked in the mirror and thought today"
•Kelly Clarkson is speaker

Although she uses third person in the verses, Kelly is talking about herself. She uses first person words during the refrain and bridge.