Poem Analysis:

1. Pick one of the following

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

Answers
Use complete sentences!

3. There are about 4-8 lines and 11

stanzas. Its a repetition of a phrase and
rhyming with the word stitches
4. Teenagers are the intended audience.
5. The speaker is a young man that lost
his girlfriend.
6. Shawn Mendes is the name of the
poet.
7. The poems rhyme scheme is to rhyme
words with the word stitches.
8. He used alliteration when he
says,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

9. He uses consonance when he

says,(And now that)

line that illustrates this mood.

14. What is a theme that you noticed
in the poem? Use evidence to
support your theme.

I'm without your kisses

I'll be needing stitches
(And now that)
I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

10. He uses assonance when he

said,(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

11. He uses diction because he needs to

rhyme with the word stitches. His
negative connotation is when he
says,I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
12. The author uses a dark tone. For
example when he said,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) and this showed that he was

heart broken.
13. As a reader I felt sad because of the
story he is saying. For example,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

14. The theme is that a heart break can

make you feel as if youre dying and are
in so much pain. He even said he felt as if
he needed stitches without her kisses
and that she had a cold heart and took
advantage of his love. This all came from
the stanza that said,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