Poem Analysis:

1.
If you
analyzed
this:

Then, you
will now
analyze
this:

1. St
itches
by
Shawn
Mende
s

1. H
ow Do I
Love
Thee?
(Sonne
t 43)
by
Elizabe
th
Barrett
Browni
ng

2. S
kyscra
per by
Demi
Lovato

2. St
ill I
Rise
by
Maya
Angelo
u

3. W
ings
by
Mackle
more

3. Bl
ack
Friday
by
Kevin

Leake
2. Paste the lyrics of your new poem below:

Black Friday
Fists flying people crying
On this crazy day black Friday
What a disgrace as the hunters race
Christmas bargains with a punch in the face
Dozens of brawls and 999 calls
From stores all around the country
These midnight sales just turned into hell
Behaving like wild animals that were hungry
Shopping madness hit the towns
Customers fighting like savaged clowns
Ripped stuff down from the shelves stacked high
And within minutes the TVs and gadgets went dry
Reports came in from everywhere
This place is a battlefield they dont care
Shocking behaviour and violence broke out
Some were screaming whilst others would shout
It was deadly like a war picture scene
People grabbing and pushing for just anything
They were having a tug of war over electrical goods
Rivals punching black and blue to snatch for their hoods
Supermarkets were forced to close their doors
When the crowds rushed in they forgot civil laws
It was a shameful site and the customers werent polite
Those black Friday shoppers they did fuss and they did fight

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 poem 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 24 lines and 6 stanzas. The
rhyme scheme is repeating couplets
4. The intended audience are people who
dont shop on Black Friday.
5. The speaker is bias that Black Friday is
dangerous.
6. The name of the poet is Kevin Leake.
7. The rhyme scheme is that it is
repeating couplets.
8. No, the poet does not use any
alliteration in the poem.
9. No, the poet does not use any
consonance in the poem.
10. Yes, the poet uses assonance. For
example, it states, On this crazy day
black Friday What a disgrace as the
hunters race
11. The poet uses negative connotation.
For example, on line 9 it says, shopping
madness hit the towns
12. The tone the author uses is sort of a
depressing one, how people fight each
other just so that they can buy an item at
a cheaper value. An example of this
depressing tone is when it says, People
grabbing and pushing just for anything
They were having a tug of war over
electrical goods.
13. From the text, I get a cruel and
merciless mood. One example that really
shows this is, It was a shameful site and
the customers werent polite. Those Black
Friday shoppers they did fuss and they
did fight.
14. One theme that I noticed is that
people can go crazy over something so
unreasonable such as just getting a really
cheap item.