The A team
What can you predict about the poem just by the title?
Using the title it can predicted that this song, using background knowledge of movies, could possibly be about an A team saving a girl in distress.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Free Verse *Team and Dream Rhyme* *Fly repeats a lot*
Does the structure/layout/picture of the poem on the page contribute to the meaning of the poem or help you to understand the title?
Considering this song is not very long it says what it has to in order to get its point across.Therefore, I would say the structure itself, the length of the poem, does help contribute to the meaning, however, the way it looks does not.
What type of poem is it?
This would considered a free verse. This completely helps the meaning of the poem, because it take full advantage of speaking about an issue with free range of a rhyme scheme.
What time period was this written in?
Romantic and Modern Era
Who is the speaker of the poem?
The speaker of the poem would be Ed Sheeran and all the people that feel strongly about this issue.
What is the speaker referring to in the poem?
How prostitution and drugs are a huge issue
What is the tone of the poem? What diction/structure details support your interpretation of tone in the poem?
Disturbed/Urgent
“‘Cos we're just under the upper hand
And go mad for a couple grams
And she don't wanna go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly”
Paraphrase the poem in your own words. What is it about?
This song is basically a PSA about how we need to help the woman of the world get off the streets and away from prostitution and drugs.
What is the theme?
Help those who cannot help themselves