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

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. The poem is structured into stanzas.
There are ten different stanzas in the
poem. The poem has a rhyme scheme
where two lines next to each other rhyme.
4. The intended audience are people who
can relate to the situation that the speaker
is in. He feels worn down and distraught.
An intention may be that he wants to
show the audience his feelings to show
others they are not alone.
5. The speaker is someone who has just
ended a relationship. It was most likely a
fairly recent breakup from a relationship
that had been serious.
6. The poets name is Shawn Mendes.
7. The rhyme scheme is that the lines
rhyme in pairs. This is also known as
rhyming couplets.
8. The poem does not use alliteration.
9. The poem does not use consonance.
10. The poem doesnt use assonance. A
close example that I found of this is But I
know that I'll make it out alive. The letter
i is used throughout the line in this verse

support your theme.

of the song.
11. The song uses diction with negative
connotations. The entire song is about
how he is hurting after a breakup. An
example of this is in the verse, Oh, you
lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain.
The word choice lure has a negative
connotation which is associated with
being tricked or mislead.
12. The tone of the poem was sad. The
author was hurt and knew that he should
be trying to move on. An example of this
mood is in the stanza, Needle and the
thread, Gotta get you out of my head
Needle and the thread,
Gonna wind up dead.
13. As a reader, the mood that I feel is
hope. The speaker is upset but reading
the words that were used gives a feeling
that he has not given up on anything and
that it will get better. An example of the
tone is in the line, And now that I'm
without your kisses, I'll be needing
stitches. Although the speaker may need
help, they know that they are going to
heal.
14. A theme that I noticed is that it is best
to move on from past romantic
relationships. The song is a story about
the thoughts and feelings of a person
after breaking up with someone they
cared about. This is shown in the lines,
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. He is
reflecting on the relationship and using it
to help him move on. He now knows that
it is best to be without her even though he
misses her.