1. Using Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Poetry Terms
Using
Casey at the Bat by
Ernest Lawrence Thayer

2. Rhyme Scheme
couplet
couplet
This poem is divided into stanzas of four lines, with two couplets (2 lines in which the last word rhymes) in each stanza.

3. Rhyme Scheme 2 a a b b
Rhyme scheme is labeled using letters. Each letter stands for a new rhyme. The rhyme scheme of this stanza is aabb.

4. Meter
Meter is measured by looking at the syllables in a line of poetry.

5. Meter 2
The first line has fourteen syllables. The other lines follow the same pattern.

6. Meter 3 / / / / / / /
Every other syllable is stressed, or said louder. Stressed syllables are marked with an accent mark, and unstressed syllables are marked with an arc.

7. Meter 4 /
The out
Two syllables that consist of an unstressed first syllable and a stressed second syllable is called an IAMB.

8. Meter 5 A Quick Lesson in Greek (Yes, Greek):
A pentagon is a 5-sided figure, so penta means . A sextagon is a 6-sided figure, so sexta means . A heptagon is a 7-sided figure, so hepta means . An octagon is an 8-sided figure, so octa means . 5 6 7 8
Remember this, especially the Greek word for 7--
HEPTA

9. Meter 6 IAMBIC HEPTAMETER / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
There are 7 iambs in this line.
Now here is the really cool term for this. . .
IAMBIC HEPTAMETER

10. Alliteration
There is another poetry technique we can see in this poem. Two words that start with the same letter very close together is called ALLITERATION.

11. Test Yourself
“Casey at the Bat” is a poem made up of four line _________. Each ________ consists of two rhyming _________, so the rhyme scheme is _________. There are 7 ________ in each line, so it is written in ________________. The first stanza also has two or more words close together beginning with the same sound. This is called ____________.
stanzas
stanza
couplets
aabb
iambs
iambic heptameter
alliteration
You got them all, didn’t you?

12. By Linda MacCleave Introduction to “Casey at the Bat”