| Title of poems | Analysis | Poetic Devices |
| The road not taken by Robert Frost | The person chose his own path to take by choosing between two. He chose the path that felt right to him even though people doubted him. | -Has a rhyme scheme
-Narrative
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| If by Rudyard Kipling | From the writers own experiences, he is reflecting on his own life to send a message to the next generation(s) | -Narrative
-Has a rhyme scheme |
| Oh Captain by Walt Whitman | This person lost someone very close to them, her/his father the captain in the story is the hero, the narrative Is the child in the story her/ his message is to keep on fighting but its too late. | Has a rhyme scream.
Narrative. |
| I sing too America by Langston Hughes | The person reading the poem is a slave who is mistreated. They are forced to eat in the kitchen instead of with everyone in the dinning room. At the end they said that their masters will be ashamed for wronging someone who is beautiful. at | -Narrative
-No rhyme scheme |
| Art reflecting life by Thomas King | The artist has had a rough past. Now he is at the point of his life where he wants to forget his past and change his future. | –Narrative
-No rhyme scheme. |