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:
[Verse 1:]
Skies are crying, I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence as it's ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me?
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
[Verse 2:]
As the smoke clears, I awaken
And untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed?
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper

Go on and try to tear me down

I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
[Bridge:]
Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here,
Watch you disappear
Yeah, oh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Oh Oh
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
(Like a skyscraper)
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

Questions
3. Describe the structure of the poem
(How many lines are there? How
many stanzas? What is the rhyme
scheme?)

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. The structure of the poem contains a
lot of lines and stanzas. There are about 2
stanzas and the rhyming mostly consists

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.

of words with the letter e

4. The intended audience seems to be an
ex-lover or a person that the speaker
knows.
5. The speaker is like a skyscraper.
6. The poet is Demi Lovato.
7. The poems rhyme scheme is that at
the end of each line the words have the
same letters and sounds the same.
8. The poet does not use alliteration.
9. The poet uses consonance like a and
e
10. The poet uses assonance like ing
and nce
11. Yes, the song does use diction to
express something negative i.e. only
silence as its ending.
12. Demi Lovato seems to be using a
determined tone i.e. Go on and try to tear
me down. I will be rising from the ground.
Like a skyscraper.
13. I feel empowerment from this song.
The line, I will be rising from the ground.
Like a skyscraper is giving out a feeling
of being strong.
14. A theme I noticed in this song is that,
Demi Lovato seems to be talking about
how a person that tried to hurt her will not
affect her and instead making her strong
in end. The verse, As the smoke clears, I
awaken. And untangle you from me.
Would it make you feel better. To watch
me while I bleed? All my windows still are
broken. But I'm standing on my feet. is
likely saying that even though she was
hurt, it will not deter her. Also, by saying
that her windows are broken, she is still
standing suggests that she will not back
down.