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by BlastRoom
This set uses the widely circulated later text of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's 1888 poem.
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"The outlook wasn't brilliant... / The score stood four to two... / Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same." What is happening?
"The rest / Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast... / 'If only Casey could but get a whack at that—'" What does this set up?
"But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake... / For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat." What problem arises?
Before Casey can bat, "Flynn let drive a single," and Blake reaches second while Flynn hugs third. What has changed?
"Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell... / For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat." What has just happened?
"Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there... / 'That ain't my style,' said Casey. 'Strike one!' the umpire said." What happens?
"They saw his face grow stern and cold... / And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again." What does this set up?
"There rose a lusty yell; / It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell." What does the repeated r sound help the line do?
"Ten thousand eyes were on him... / Five thousand tongues applauded." What does the line's strong counting rhythm do?
"And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, / And now the air is shattered..." What does the repeated "and now" do?
"'Fraud!' cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud." What does the repeated word make the moment sound like?
"Somewhere" repeats in the last stanza before "But there is no joy in Mudville." What does that sound pattern do?
The poem says "A pall-like silence" fell after two outs. What tone does that word choice create?
The fans are called a "stricken multitude." What does that grand phrase do?
Casey watches a strike go by "in haughty grandeur." What does that phrase suggest about him?
The poem says "great Casey's visage shone" instead of saying his face shone. What does "visage" add?
The pitch is called "the dun sphere" instead of the ball. What does that word choice do?
"But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out." What does the ending withhold?
The poem builds Casey with cheers, "haughty grandeur," and the crowd's faith, then ends with his strikeout. What does that reversal do?
"The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate; / He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate." How has Casey changed?
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