Humor In 'Casey At The Bat'

The poem "Casey at the Bat" author uses humor to describe Casey's experiment. Humor is used all throughout the poem.

In Casey at the Bat" the author uses personification when he says, "Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; five thousand tongues applaud when he wiped them on his shirt." (Stanza 7). That part was humorous because it makes the reader think that Casey is about to do really good at the bat, but later finds out he strikes out. The author also uses a hyperbole to make humor when he says, "'Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone on the stand." It's humorous because the author exaggerates extremely to make it seem like the crowd was really going to kill the umpire when really they were just upset
that one of their favorite players might strike out. Last one is when the author said, ""Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered "Fraud!" But one scornful look from Casey and audience was awed." That sentence in the poem is humorous because it shows how fast people are to judge someone when they don't do what others want them to do. The poem "Casey at the Bat" author uses humor with a hyperbole, personification and a real life problem. Humor is used throughout all the poem.