Casabianca was widely taught to school children for a century, but nowadays sounds a bit cheesy. There are many parodies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casabian

Casabianca was widely taught to school children for a century, but nowadays sounds a bit cheesy. There are many parodies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casabianca_(poem)#Parody https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casabianca_(poem)#Parody) Elizabeth Bishop wrote an terrific modern adaptation, though: https://poetrysociety.org/poetry-in-motion/casabianca https://poetrysociety.org/poetry-in-motion/casabianca