Read the excerpt from Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat." Which line most clearly establishes that it's a narrative poem through the element of conflict?

The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,

A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast;

We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat."

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Braden Chan

12 June, 23:43

Read the excerpt from Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat." Which line most clearly establishes that it's a narrative poem through the element of conflict?

The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,

A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast;

We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat."

if you get this right i will add you on fortnite or anything thats on ps4

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Santino Dunlap · Answer 1

"A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game"

Explanation:

Something pall is something dark, gloomy, related to sadness and death. This shows conflict as the narrator is describing a match in which everything could be defined by the last inning. "we'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat". "clung to the hope ... ". That moment will be defined by the outcome of that last inning. That's why a "pall-like" silence fell upon the patrons of the game. Because everything will be defined after.