T-title
- The Show - event, stage.

R-read -
Describe the situation
The speaker is trying to say that life is sometimes unsettling, hard to figure out and sometimes leaving you overwhelmed. Also when it comes to love. "Life is a maze and Love is a riddle/I can't do it alone I've tried/I don't know why" The speaker wishes that the flow of problems in life could at least slow down or stop "slow it down/make it stop/or else my heart is going to pop" and because "it's too much/to be something I'm not". The speaker talks about how she can't afford to live life being someone she's not. The speaker also thinks that some people are trying to fit in "the people follow a sign and synchronize in time" to be happy or accepted. And the speaker tells them that they are missing the point that people can only live once so they should play the role of who they really are in life. "it's a joke, nobody knows/they got a ticket to the show"

How is the person responding?
Even if she's just a little girl, she's trying to be strong and decided to let go of all the peer pressure. "I'm so scared but I don't show it...it's bringing me down I know/I got to let it go" Once she lets go of all the hardships she's dealing with, she will simply have fun "duh dum de dum" and "enjoy the show" and will live the life of being who she is. "i want my money back" meaning she's asking those people for her money to watch her own show and not theirs. She will be focusing on herself now and will start anew to enjoy the role of herself in life.



I-important words - (imagery, sound devices, figures of speech)
Imagery & Simile : "The sun is hot, in the sky/Just like a giant spotlight"
Onomatopoeia : "dum de dum, duh dum de dum, just enjoy the show"
Rhythm : "I'm just a little bit caught in the middle/Life is a maze and love is a riddle"



C-connections and comparisons - what does the poem make you think of, remind you of, connect to (personally and to things you have read about, seen on a movie or television)
The song can actually apply to almost everyone. I can simply connect to it, that in every problem I encounter, I should handle myself well, maybe let go of certain things to move on and just enjoy life to the fullest.



K-kinds of attitude and tone - look at the diction, images and details to find the speaker's attitude, shifts in attitudes, watch for keywords, punctuation, stanza divisions, changes in stanza length, irony, changes in sounds or word uses.
Attitude/Tone: I am just a little girl lost in the moment/I'm so scared, but I don't show it/I can't figure it out/It's bringing me down I know/I got to let it go/And just enjoy the show" , the speaker is worried and scared but at the same time she is trying to be strong.



S-stop at the last line - usually the most important, meaningful part of a poem
"Just Enjoy The Show" (just enjoy life)



THEME
Putting up a front is not the best option to be happy or to escape from problems involving other people. Instead, portraying who you really are in this world and letting go of things that hurt you and move on is one of the best ways to be happy. As we only have one chance to live our life or "one ticket to enjoy the show".