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 stitchesI 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. In this song there is 53 lines and 10
stanzas. A rhyme scheme is when the last
words from a stanza rhyme.
4. The intended audience from this song
is people who are going through a
breakup.
5. The speaker is like in pain and wants to
get back his soulmate.
6. The name of the poet is shawn
Mendes.
7. The poem rhyme scheme is that the
words rhyme at the end of each line.
8. No, I didnt find one.
9. Yes, because I found a example.
Bleed, and breathe.
10. Yes, because I found a example;
before and sore.
11. Yes, because I found a example; bitter
heart cold to the touch.
12. Some tones are heartbroken and in
pain. Ex. Bitter heart cold to the touch.
13. The mood in this poem is sad. Ex.
you watch me bleed until I cant breathe.
14. A theme I saw is always try to move
on and find a new soulmate. Ex. But no

one's ever left me quite this sore