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:
[Verse 1:]
Skies are crying, I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence as it's ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me?
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
[Verse 2:]
As the smoke clears, I awaken
And untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed?
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
[Bridge:]
Go run, run, run

I'm gonna stay right here,

Watch you disappear
Yeah, oh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
[Chorus:]
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Oh Oh
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
(Like a skyscraper)
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

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

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. I am very bad at math so I will try to
count the lines and verse. There is 36
lines and 5 verses.
4. The intended audience is Demis
alcoholic father.
5. The speaker is speaking in a sad voice.
6. The name of the pot is Demi Lovato.
7. The poets rhyme scheme is in every
verse
8. I think she uses alliteration in this song
because there is three runs.
9. I think she uses consonance when she
is stating, Go on and try to tear me down;
I will be rising from the ground.
10. I think she uses assonance in where
she uses everything and everything in two
lines.
11. The song gives diction with a positive
connotation because the author is writing,

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.

Go on and try to tear me down

I will be rising from the ground. This
means that she is still strong even though
the other person is trying to push them
down..
12. The tone that author gives off is a sad
one because she is writing that she is
staying strong even though her walls are
almost at the point of falling.
13. The mood I see in this song is that it is
a sad song that expresses her hate to the
other person that is trying to bring her
down.
14. The theme I see in this song is that it
is hard to break through her walls.