Hall cited "many English sources" for "Casey:" old Scottish and English ballads (which Thayer learned from Professor Frank Child, their renowned collector) may have provided a framework, and W. The phenomenon of recitation in the era preceding that of mass entertainment helped to explain some of "Casey's" popularity. The mock-heroic meter and structure of the poem demands that it be recited to be fully enjoyed-and Hall's essay points out the importance of recitation in earlier eras, both in education and in popular entertainment. Juster's "Casey at the Bat and Its Long Post-Game Show." But certainly no understanding of the place of "Casey" in American life is complete without Donald Hall's poetic insights, born of fond acquaintance from the days when his grandfather would recite the poem to him. As to recent essays on the cultural significance of "Casey at the Bat" Caseyatthe.blog has awarded preeminence to A.
Educator, critic, and fourteenth United States poet laureate (2006-2007), Donald Hall ( Septem– June 23, 2018) penned an Afterword to the centennial edition of "Casey" that best illustrates the peculiar American affinity for Thayer's immortal ballad.
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