Poem Analysis:

1. Pick one of the following

2. Copy and paste the lyrics below:
"Stitches"
songs:
I thought that I'd been hurt before
Stitches by Shawn Mendes
But no one's ever left me quite this sore
Skyscraper by Demi
Your words cut deeper than a knife
Lovato
Now I need someone to breathe me back to
Wings by Macklemore
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. There are 58 lines, 10 stanzas and has

couplets and bridges.
4. The intended audience is for everyone
who has experienced a heartbreak or
breakup.
5. The speaker is a young boy who had
his heart broken and just wants to forget
about her and all the pain that was
caused him.
6. The poets name is Shawn Mendes.
7. The poems rhyme scheme is AABB or
three couplets and separate with bridges.
8. The poet doesnt use an alliteration.
9. Yes for example Need and the thread,
Gotta get you out of my head/ Need and
the thread, Gotta get you out of my head/
Gonna wind up dead.
10. You watch me bleed until I cant
breathe/ Shaking, falling onto my
knees/And now that Im without your
kisses/Ill be needing stitches
11. Yes the song use diction with I
thought that Id been hurt before/But no
ones ever left me quite this sore
12. The author's tone of this song starts
out as a sad, depressing, pitiful, and bitter
song but as the song comes to an end,
he realizes that he can make it through.
For example Your bitter heart cold to the
touch. Now Im gonna reap what I sow.
Im left seeing red on my own.
13. As a reader the mood I felt is sad
because he is describing his emotions
and all the pain he is going through
literary devices. For example metaphor,
But no ones ever left me quit this
sore/Your words cut deeper than a
knife/Now I need someone to breathe me

back to life" Meaning that this metaphor is

describing physical pain compared to
emotional pain.
14. A theme I noticed in the poem is that
breakups can be very difficult, it hurts and
its hard to overcome, but you can make it
through. For example Got this feeling
that Im going under, but I know that Ill
make it out alive. If I quit calling you my
lover, move on.