Poem Analysis:

1. Pick one of the

following songs:
Stitches by
Shawn Mendes
Skyscraper by
Demi Lovato
Wings by
Macklemore

2. Copy and paste the

lyrics below:
I thought that I'd been hurt before
But no one's ever left me quite this sore
Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to
life
Got a feeling that I'm going under
But I know that I'll make it out alive
If I quit calling you my lover
Move on
You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Tripping over myself
Aching, begging you to come help
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the
pain
Your bitter heart cold to the touch
Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own
Got a feeling that I'm going under
But I know that I'll make it out alive
If I quit calling you my lover

Move on
You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Tripping over myself,
Aching, begging you to come help
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
[x3:]
Needle and the thread,
Gotta get you out of my head
Needle and the thread,
Gonna wind up dead
Needle and the thread,
Gotta get you out of my head, get you out
of my head
You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees (falling on
my knees)
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches (and I'll be needing
stitches)
Tripping over myself,
Aching, begging you to come help (begging,
"Baby, please.")
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
(And now that)
I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

(And now that)

I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

Questions
3. Describe the structure of the poem
(How many lines are there? How
many stanzas? What is the rhyme
scheme?)
4. Who is the intended audience?
5. Describe what the speaker is like.
6. What is the name of the poet?
7. What is the poems rhyme scheme?
8. Does the poet use alliteration? If so,
give an example.
9. Does the poet use consonance? If
so, give an example.
10. Does the poet use assonance? If
so, give an example.
11. Does the song use diction with
positive or negative connotations?
Give some examples.
12. What kind of tone does the author
use? Give an example of a line
that illustrates this tone.
13. What kind of mood do you feel as
a reader? Give an example of a
line that illustrates this mood.
14. What is a theme that you noticed
in the poem? Use evidence to
support your theme.

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. The structure of the poem includes 55
lines and 12 stanzas.
4. I believe the intended audience is for
whoever enjoys the song and likes it.
5. The speaker of the song is someone
that has just been broken up with and sad
about it.
6. The name of the poet is Shawn
Mendes.
7.The poems rhyme scheme is theres a
AA and BB rhyme scheme for the first
stanza. And then,
8. In this song, I found no usage of
alliteration.
9. In this song, The usage of
consonanceisvery little to
actually none in this song.
10. In this song, The usage of assonance
is very little to actually none in this song.
11. I believe the song uses more negative
diction than positive.
12. I found the tone goes for a sadder
tone than a happy and positive tone.
13. I believe the mood is for a more
depressing than happy and uplifting

mood.
14. The theme I noticed in this poem is
that its a sadder type of theme including
the character if the song being broken up
with and being sad about it.