Comparing Cremation Of Sam Mcgee And Casey At The Bat

The poems ‘the Cremation of Sam McGee’ and ‘Casey at the Bat’ were both made in the turn of the 20th century. The poet Ernest Thayer wrote the poem ‘Casey at the Bat’ in 1888. Eventually, it became a Ballad of the Republic that was sung in the match. The majority of Casey at the Bat had an exciting, upbeat, and family oriented aesthetic. It takes us to the baseball game with Mudville at home playing against the away team. At the end of the poem, the fun and upbeat aesthetics suddenly alters to a sad one when the main character, Casey, lets the team down due to his over confidence and his arrogant personality. On the other hand, the poem ‘the Cremation of Sam McGee’ had an all around sad and quite dark aesthetic. Robert W. Service’s wrote