"Casey at the Bat" Period 3
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"Casey at the Bat"
BY ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER
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Tyler Flewelling
Tyler Flewelling
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day and play are end rhyme tyler and andrew
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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rhyme helps continue the flow of the poem, Isabel and joy
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day and play is an end rhyme
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The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play.
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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we thought that was personification because a score can't stand, joy and Isabel
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Jacob McQuade
Jacob McQuade
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to and two are alliterations - jake and patrick
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And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
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Nicholas Tippett
Nicholas Tippett
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The sick part of the silence tells that it is irregular.
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Patrick Randall
Patrick Randall
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Sickly silence-personification-patrick and jake
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Jake Meyers
Jake Meyers
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Sickly silence isn't an illiteration, its an alliteration, please make sure to check your spelling as this could affect your grade, PS. this is embarrassing
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“sickly silence” is personification
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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adds character to an object and makes the reader stop and think, Isabel and joy
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A straggling few got up to go in deep despair.
The rest
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Jake Meyers
Jake Meyers
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ADDS GREAT RHYTHM TO THE POEM, YOU HAVE AMAZED ME WITH YOUR WORK KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought if only Casey could but get a whack at that—
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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makes the reader feel the sound through wording, Isabel and joy
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Jake Meyers
Jake Meyers
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YOUR WORK HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONOMATOPOEIA< GREAT WORK A+
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i agree
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We’d put up even money now with Casey at the bat.
But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake;
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Frank Gill
Frank Gill
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Metaphor - And the former was Lulu and the latter was a cake + John
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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two ideas that don't appear the same but help contrast two together, Isabel and joy
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John Agan
John Agan
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Metaphor - and the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake (and Frank)
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Alec Quinn
Alec Quinn
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And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake - metaphor Alec & Erin
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
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Alec Quinn
Alec Quinn
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that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat - personification Alec & Erin
For there seemed but little chance of Casey’s getting to the bat.
But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
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Emily Shoup
Emily Shoup
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tore the cover off the ball- hyperbole- emily and carly
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And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.
Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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repetition helps the reader remember what the poem is about, Isabel and joy
There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;
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.
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
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kate murphy
kate murphy
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personification - "five thousand tongues applauded"- kate and gabby
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip.
And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped—
“That ain’t my style,” said Casey.
“Strike one,” the umpire said.
From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.- simile, Isabel and joy
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kate murphy
kate murphy
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simile - "there went up a muffled roar, like the beating of the storm-waves"- kate and gabby
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“Kill him!
Kill the umpire!” shouted some one on the stand;
And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised his hand.
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey’s visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew;
But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, “Strike two.”
“Fraud!” cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud;
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn’t let that ball go by again.
The sneer is gone from Casey’s lip, his teeth are clinched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow.
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“the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow” is Hyperbole
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Isabel winters
Isabel winters
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47-50 - imagery describing a pitch in play. Isabel and joy
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.
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Jacob McQuade
Jacob McQuade
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alliteration - mighty and Mudville - jake and patrick
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Mr. Zachary Hollis
Mr. Zachary Hollis
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Saying a person's name again and again would not necessarily count as repetition. The phrase "Casey at the bat" might be a better example.
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