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:
"Stitches"

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 poem is structured with 52 lines, and
15 stanzas. The rhyme scheme is every two
lines.
4. The intended audience is teenagers.
5. The speaker is Shawn Mendes.
6. The name of the poet is Shawn Mendes.
7. The poem's rhyme scheme is every 2
lines.
8. No, it doesnt use alliteration.
9. No, it doesnt use consonance.
10. Yes it does use assonance in the lines,
Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own.

11. The song uses diction with

connotations negative connotations in the
lines, You watch me bleed until I can't
breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees.

12. The tone the author uses is sadness and

heartbreak.
13. The mood that it creates for me as a
reader is pity.
14. The theme is based on how he feels
about the breakup he went through.