The author of "Casey at the Bat" uses humor in his poem. Using humor in his poem makes the words less plain and makes the poem more interesting. The author uses many examples in his poem. It helps to describe Casey's experience as a baseball player. One of the explains that the author uses is in stanza two line. The poem explains, "'If only Casey could but get a whack at that- We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.'" The author could have been simple and by saying something like Casey is about to hit it. Using the humor, he uses the word whack instead of hit the ball. Another example is in stanza three line two. It says, "and the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake." This is an example of a metaphor. A metaphor