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.

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. There are 58 lines and 10 stanzas.
4. The intended audience is anyone who
has experienced heartbreak.
5. The speaker is talking about his
experience about his/her lover.
6. The name of the poet is Shawn
Mendes.
7. The rhyme scheme uses 2-3 couplets
and then takes a break with a bridge.
8. No, the poet does not use alliteration.
9. Yes, the poet uses consonance. An
example of this is, Now that Im without
your kisses, Ill be needing stitches.
10. Yes, the poet uses assonance. An
example of this is, Needle in the thread
gotta get you out of my head, needle in
the thread gonna wind up dead.
11. Yes, the song uses positive and
negative connotations. This can be seen

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.

in, Your words cut deeper than a knife.

The word cut means differently in this
phrase.
12. The author uses tone that shows the
audience that he is hurt. A phrase that
illustrates this tone is, Your bitter hot cold
to the touch. Now Im gonna reap what I
sow. Im left seeing red on my own.
13. As a reader, you can feel the betrayal
the author also feels. One quote that
illustrates this is, You watch me bleed
until I cant breath, shaking.
14. A theme I noticed is that you can get
up even after you have gotten beaten or
hurt. The song shows this with this quote,
And now that Im without your kisses, Ill
be needing stitches.