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

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. There are 53 lines, and 10 rhymes.
4. The intended audience is people who
are heartbroken.
5. A guy who has gotten heartbroken.
6. The name of the poet is Shawn
Mendez.
7. The poems rhyme scheme is that the
words rhyme at the end of each line.
8. No the poet does not use alliteration.
9. Yes the poet does use consonance.
Bleed and Breath.
10. Yes the poet does use assonance. An
example is Before and sore.
11. Yes the song does use diction with
negative connotations. Some examples
are bitter and cold to the touch.
12. The tone that the author uses is sad.
An example is, I thought that Ive been

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.

hurt before But no one's ever left me quite

this sore.
13. As a reader the mood I feel is
heartbroken and sad.
14. A theme I noticed in the poem is that
you should always try to move on from a
heartbreak.