The Dark Cave

A brown bat by the name of Wend
Flew into a cave
In an attempt to find a friend
Who he was suppose to save

Little did he know
There lay a monster in wake
Just waiting for a poor soul
For his jaws to take

A twist and turn at every bend
Forced Wend to make choices
But as he went down one end
He began to hear voices

It was the monster and a friend of Wend
And seemed to not be in need of a hero.

This poem is about a bat who thought his friend needed help. Despite knowing that there would be dangers ahead, he went to save him. 
The poem has a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gh.
In line 1 and 3 there is alliteration. "A brown bat by the name of Wend"  "In an attempt to find a friend"
There is an internal rhyme in line 13, "It was the monster and a friend of Wend."

The River's Regrets

The little river flowed downstream

Taking everything within it's reach

While the pebbles clung like a leach

All the salmons fought like a team

The river laughed with joy

As it watched everyone struggle to stay

But he knew there was a high price to pay

If he played them like a toy

Eventually the river came to a halt

As it poured quickly into a lake

The river realised his fun was done

And he thought it was all his fault

He realised he had apologies to make

The horrible thoughts weighed a tonne

This is an Italian Sonnet on a river that did things without thinking about the consequences. 

"All the salmons fought like a team" - It is a simile trying to show the effort they put into trying to get upstream. Line 8 has a simile as well, "If he played them like a toy" which is comparing the river to how a child plays with their toys often by tossing them around. "While the pebbles clung like a leach" is also a simile.

There is personification in line 2"taking everything within it's reach, line 5,"The river laughed with joy", line 6, "As it watched everyone"

There is a little bit of alliteration in line 11 and a metaphor in line 14, "The horrible thoughts weighed a tonne."

Autumn Leaves

We've waited for seasons
For this day to come
When we would be free
Of this glorious tree

As we fly through different cities
Each and every unique
We now roam far from home
And never will we be seen again

This poem is about the leaves that fall during autumn. It is a free verse and has 2 quatrains. There is no rhyme scheme but has end rhymes in line 3 and 4.

There is an alliteration in line 3, "When we would be free". 

Assonance can be found in line 7, "We now roam far from home".

The Captain of Nero

A ship named Nero sailed the dark sea
When a storm started to brew
Out the waves came a banshee
And it caused panic in the crew

One brave man by the name of Jack
Picked up a sword lying on the deck
He swung the weapon to attack
Aiming for the monster's neck

The sharp blade made a deadly cut
Across the banshee's throat
It wedged itself inside her gut
And Jack began to gloat

In the eyes of many, Jack became a hero
From that day on he was the captain of Nero



This is an English sonnet about a man named Jack who fought a monster. 
There is no particular rhythm but it has a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg and 4 stanzas. 
Assonance is used in line 9, "The sharp blade made a deadly cut" with the vowel 'a'.

The Hunt

In the cold winter of north
The freezing breeze brought snow
To a forest called Forth
That was home to a doe

She was known as Sky

Sky was the gold of her kind

She became the biggest fear

In every hunters mind

She was told in many tales

That a mother told her child

Every hunter that went to hunt her

All failed to return home

She didn't live in peace for long

For a young man went to track her

Sky took an arrow to the heart

And the chase ended for sure

This poem is a ballad that is about a deer that was different from the rest of the herd. Many have tried to catch her but failed until a man tried his luck and caught her.
There is no rhyme scheme but has an end rhyme in lines 1 and 3, "North and Forth", 2 and 4, "snow and doe", 6 and 7, "kind and mind" and in lines 14 and 16, "her and sure".

There is symbolism in line 6 comparing how precious the deer is to how valuable gold is. It shows that she is special and different from other deer.

A Boundless Moment

By Robert Frost

He halted in the wind, and -- what was that
Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost?
He stood there bringing March against his thought,
And yet too ready to believe the most.

"Oh, that's the Paradise-in-bloom," I said;
And truly it was fair enough for flowers
had we but in us to assume in march
Such white luxuriance of May for ours.

We stood a moment so in a strange world,
Myself as one his own pretense deceives;
And then I said the truth (and we moved on).
A young beech clinging to its last year's leaves. 


 
This poem is about how we see the world the way we want to rather than seeing the truth. We are so blinded by our strive for perfection, for something that we see fit rather than what is actually in front of us. It is also about how people tend to waste present time by brooding over the past. We don't see the beauty that is in the present and instead we see the ghosts of our past. We tend to bring back old memories and lose ourselves in it rather than forgetting it and letting it go and enjoy life in the present. 
The theme of this poem is each minute is a minute we won't get back, so rather than wasting it over something that cannot be changed or brought back, create new and better memories in your current time.
There is no rhyme scheme but it makes use of end rhymes in lines 2 and 4, 6 and 8, 10 and 12. This poem have 4 stanzas.
"A young beech clinging to its last year's leaves" symbolises how people sometimes are too attached with someone from our past that is no longer in their lives presently, and chooses to spend the present thinking about them rather than moving on.

A Minor Bird

By Robert Frost

I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;

Have clapped my hands at him from the door
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.

The fault must partly have been in me.
The bird was not to blame for his key.

And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song. 

This poem is about the many people have raised their voices and decided to speak their mind but are often turn away and ignored simply because one does not like the idea of it as it does not settle well in their life. They then feel remorse as they realise that although it would not work out for one person, it would help many more in return.

The theme of it is to listen to what others have to say and before acting out rashly. Think over your actions and the consequences before decided what is best.

This poem is structured with couplets and has a rhyme scheme of aa bb cc dd.