The Mighty Casey

 when one spectator cheered “it's Casey next up at bat!”. The  crowd turned in optimism to watch what they had been waiting for all game, Casey at the  bat. Casey, the crowd favourite, the only one who could possibly bring the mudville nine  any sort of a victory, approached the plate with his chest puffed out in a strong cocky  manner. He allowed the first pitch to pass him by, as though it was unworthy of his attention  and skill, with the second pitch the

In "Casey at the Bat" Ernest Thayer uses humor to describe Casey's experience. he uses humor because it helps the reader to understand what is happening. As well as show how sad the people in the stands are. The humor in this poem is used to describe Casey's experiences and it is used because it helps the reader to understand what is happening in the story. An example is when he wrote "Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt" this personification shows how everyone respected

essay, I will talk about baseball being the theme of the poem as well as the two key elements in which the author also speaks about. Not only does he speak about Casey but he also speaks of his teammates, Cooney, Burrows, Flynn, and Blake, as well as the crowd.At the beginning of the poem, the author explains how it didn't appear as if Casey would get to bat because his teammate Cooney and Burrows both had gotten out in the last inning with the score 2 to 4. He also had Flynn and Blake who would come

In the poem “Casey At the Bat” and the biblical story of “David and Goliath”, a comparison shows many sides of the story. The first similarity is that they both were confident in their ability to succeed. When David said, “Sir, I have killed lions and bears that way, and I can kill this worthless Philistine. He shouldn’t have made fun of the army of the living God!” and when Casey said, “That ain’t my style,”. Casey was so confident in his ability to succeed that he lost a necessary thing, and David

Casey at the bat The author of Casey at the Bat uses humor all throughout the poem. He does this to discribe Caseys experience. There are multiple examples all throughout the poem. The first example is in paragraph four when the author writes "There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third." This is an example because it uses a hyberbolie when he says "Flynn a-hugging third." Flynn is not actually hugging third base. the author is simple trying to imply

In the poem “Casey at Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison and contrast will show several differences and similarities between David and Casey. The first similarity between David and Casey is that both of them are very confident in the task that they have to accomplish. Text from “Casey at Bat” says, “There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face. And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt ‘twas Casey at the bat

Between the poem “Casey at the Bat” and the story “David and Goliath,” there are many differences and similarities. One of the similarities is they are both very confident. Evidence of Casey’s confidence is that Casey is being cheered on, and he is ready to hit a homerun. In the story, David only had his slingshot and some rocks, but he was still going to fight Goliath who had a spear, a dagger, a sword, and a shield.  The poem says, “Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell; It rumbled

In the poem “Casey at Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. The first similarity That David and Casey share is that they are both confident. For example, in ” Casey at the bat” it says “There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;”. This means that casey was confident that he would get a hit because he step up to the plate simple and calm. However Casey knew that if he struck out then the team would lose the game

In the poem “Casey at the Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. One of the few similarities Casey and Goliath (from ‘David and Goliath”) have from their stories is they were both showoffs and thought they would win. The evidence for this comparison is in the poem Casey at the bat” the line says “Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip.” this shows that he was stubborn and thinking he was gonna do it easily. The

In the poem “ Casey at the bat” and the story of “David and Goliath” a comparison shows that there are many differences in the story and the poem and many similarities. The first similarity between Casey and David is that they both had faith that they would win. David had faith that he would win because David stated “ I’ll knock you down and cut off your head,” this quote shows that David had all faith that he would beat Goliath. Also in the poem “Casey at the bat” Casey had faith that he would win