Figurative Language In Casey At Bat

Metaphors are used to present hidden similarities between two concepts to help understand a more distinct description of a setting, conflict and other entities in a story. “Rainsford stood blinking in the river of flaring gold light” (64). The metaphor “… the river of flaring gold light” implies that the river is reflecting a glow, like a flare of gold light. The quote helps present part of the setting and helps the reader imagine a

a metaphor, which is the comparison of two things by just stating that one thing is the other.

“Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in 1888” is a dramatic narrative poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. “Casey at the Bat” is a ballad of thirteen stanzas documenting a baseball game between an unnamed opponent and Mudville. The game is coming to an end and Mudville is losing four to two and the upcoming hitters are especially bad. By a miracle the batters reach base and bring the best player to bat. The win is just out of reach when Casey strikes out and loses them the game. Thayer uses figurative language, characterization, and choice of speaker to show the theme of men and masculinity. By giving Casey all the qualities of a super masculine sports hero, and then having him fail, Thayer makes us question whether or not those traits truly lead to success.

Lakoff and Johnson state, “[w]e have found, on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action” (3). They are saying that metaphors are used all the time and not just when people talk, but when they think and in what they do. This is exactly true because after learning about metaphors, and getting a better understanding of them, I have realized how much I, and others, apply them to everyday life without even realizing it, or trying to. Using a metaphor to describe Haas and Flower’s reading concepts will therefore make for a better grasp of what the concepts mean.

When viewing the stanza of the poem “Analysis of Baseball” the author describes the game of baseball. Using the elements personification, onomatopoeia, consonance and, rhymes words. So, therefore the poem can come alive to many baseball fans. The author also uses metaphor to compare bat, ball, and mitt.

A metaphor is comparing two objects without the use of like or as. One example of a metaphor in the letter is found in 39th paragraph and reads “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away.”(King). This is a metaphor because it compares dark clouds to racial prejudice without like or as. Another metaphor is in the 39th paragraph and reads “the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow and the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”(King). This is a metaphor because it compares radiant starts to love and brotherhood without like or

The humorous poem Casey at the bat was written by Ernest Thayer. It was published in 1888. It is also humorous because it uses irony, metaphors, and hyperbole's.

In Casey at the Bat, Ernest Thayer uses humor in veriest ways. He uses humor to describe how the audience reacts to certain experiences at the baseball game. One of the techniques he uses is figurative language.

In the poem “Casey at the Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. The first similarity is that David and Casey were both faced with big problems. One quote of proof from “Casey at the Bat” that they were both faced with big problems is, “The Outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day.” This explains that Casey’s team was not going to win. The second quote of proof from “David and Goliath” that they were both faced with big problems is, “When the Israelite soldiers saw Goliath, they were scared and ran off.”

In the story “David and Goliath” and the poem “Casey at the Bat” the characters Casey and David can be compared to have a various amount of similarities and differences.  The first similarity is that David and Casey were both confident with themselves. In the poem “Casey at the Bat” the author states “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.”

In the poem "Casey at The Bat" the author uses humor to show the events that took place in the the poem about the baseball game in the town of Mudville. The humor, and the irony adds another layer to the poem that makes a sad time funny, and makes the poem more enjoyable to read, This humor is shown throughout the poem. One example is when he compare Flynn and Jimmy Blake's baseball skills to a hoodoo and a cake. This is saying they are bad but instead of just saying that the author makes it more humorous and, more enjoyable to read.

A metaphor is a comparison between two contrasting substances, ideologies, and individuals in order to intertwine the similarities in-between the meaning of objects being compared. In using metaphor properly you can effiencently displays the two different objects that are being compared share a quality that gives them a surprising compatibility ,and dissimilar to simile, a metaphor does not involve the use of like or as. In The Metamorphosis Kafka uses a metaphor to show the deficiency in the communication between the members of Gregor’s economically rock-bottom class family. To show that relationship he turns the main character, Gregor Samsa into an enormous dung

Figurative language is when you describe something be it a person, place or thing by comparing it to something else.

Metaphors are conceptual (mental) operations reflected in human language that enable speakers to structure and construe abstract areas of knowledge and experience in more concrete experiential terms . I choose a novel titled Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. The total of this novel are thirty eight. It is about a girl named Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised and lives with her aunt Mrs. Reed that cruel and wealthy at Gateshead Hall. This story told about how her lives is.

What differentiates poem from other works of writing? What makes you realize that what you read is a poem but not a short story? Bearing in mind that the answer might differ from person to person, I believe that the crucial difference is that the underlying message is generally not obvious in the poem, and it forces the readers to think about it for a while to understand its deeper meaning. The fact that the message is not apparent in the poem, is often attributed to the usage of metaphors in the poetry. According to Oxford Dictionary, metaphors are the “figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable”. Even though they are used for different reasons