This poem is actually pretty brilliant and could outlast many that are more highly regarded, if baseball remains widely intelligible. No dissociation of sensibility here--it recognizes the comedy of taking the game so seriously, but fully participates in the emotions involved. If the reader doesn't actually feel the hope and disappointment, it's not the poem's fault.
This poem is actually pretty brilliant and could outlast many that are more highly regarded, if baseball remains widely intelligible. No dissociation of sensibility here--it recognizes the comedy of taking the game so seriously, but fully participates in the emotions involved. If the reader doesn't actually feel the hope and disappointment, it's not the poem's fault.
It may not be Byron, Milton, or Shelley, but some favorites win out none the less.