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:
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?
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
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
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
Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear, yeah
Go run, run, run
Yeah it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper, Ohhh woah
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?

Answers
Use complete sentences!
3. There are 45 lines and 7 stanzas.
4. The intended audience is to the person
who left her (character in the poem).
5. The speaker sounds like she can move
on by herself.
6. The name of the poet/songwriter is
Demi Lovato.

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.

7. The rhyme scheme in the poem is in

every other sentence.
8. The poem doesnt uses alliteration.
9. The poem doesnt use consonance
that often in the poem. And example is,
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. In this example, the
words paper and skyscraper sound similar.

10. The poem doesnt use assonance.

11. The poem uses positive diction
throughout the poem like,Go on and try to
tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper.

12. The tone the author uses is an

empowering voice throughout the poem
13. The mood I fell as a reader is to
motivate myself to overcome things that I
come across that impact my life.
14. The theme I notice in the poem is to
never give up, even through rough times.
An example of this is, All my windows, still
are broken
But I'm standing on my feet.