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Article: Casey at the Bat. (Take a swing at poetry).(Brief Article)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
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- December 7, 2001
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Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner in 1888. Today, it's one of America's most popular poems. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow on a separate piece of paper.
Casey at the Bat
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought if only Casey could get but a ...
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