Casey At The Bat Figurative Language

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In the poem "Casey At The Bat," Thayer uses humor throughout the whole story. Things like irony or figurative language to describe Casey's experiences. How does he use these things and why? The author uses many examples of humorous things in the story, like irony. An example is everyone thought Casey was an awesome baseball player, as well as himself. In the end it turned out that he wasn't as good as everyone thought and or hoped. The author also uses various types of figurative language like metaphors and hyperbole's. Ernest Thayer uses metaphors comparing Casey to many things. "But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake, And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake."

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