A Cat Adventure

By Botond Diosy

A cat once walked a road,

he is abroad,

he doesn’t know where he is,

or where he’s going,

but he knows that this adventure

won’t be boring.

He could be in Russia, Italy, Spain,

or maybe even Hungary.

He’s growling stomach reminds him,

he’s getting hungry.

He wonder’s what kind of food he will find.

He finds a restaurant, and thinks to himself;

“I hope the chef is kind.”

He jumps through the kitchen’s window,

and he finds some lasagna,

he eats the whole dish,

it tasted like a thousand fireworks

and dances out like a ballerina.

He walks down a main road,

and he realizes, he isn’t abroad.

Because cars don’t fly,

but they do here.

Lasagna is hard to find,

but wasn’t hard here.

“This must be a dream.”

He says to himself.

He hears a large man running down the street,

his steps were thunder,

he’s dressed like a chef,

and he looks like a chef,

he must be a chef.

This isn’t a dream, this is a nightmare.

“Oh, I hate this!”

screams the cat.

The chef is still chasing him,

with a bat.

The cat pinches himself,

and he’s out of there.

And now he finds himself back in his home,

under his master’s care.

Poem Analysis

Type of poem: I wrote a ballad.

My inspiration or motivation: I like story poems, like the ones we read in class,

for example; Casey at the Bat, and One Tin Soldier.

Why you used rhyme or not: I wrote a rhyming poem because I like the flow they have, and they’re way more fun to write than non-rhyming ones.

Identify the 3 examples of poetic devices used: A Simile: “It tasted like a thousand fireworks”

I used a Metaphor: “his steps were like thunder”

Some repetition: “Lasagna is hard to find, but wasn’t hard here.”; and “he’s dressed like a chef, and he looks like a chef, he must be a chef.”