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    Ball Poem

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    The Ball Poem

    Thinking about the Poem

    In pairs, attempt the following questions.

    Question 1: Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t
    he offer him money to buy another ball?

    Answer: The poet says, “I would not intrude on him” because he wants the boy to
    learn from the experience of loss. This will teach the boy that loss is also an
    important part of life, hence the poet does not intervene in the boy’s natural
    process of learning. He also doesn’t offer the boy money to buy another ball
    because the lesson of loss learnt from this experience would become worthless
    and wouldn’t teach the little one to learn the lesson of responsibility from this
    situation.

    Question 2: “… staring down/All his young days into the harbour where/His ball
    went …” Do you think the boy has had the ball for a long time? Is it linked to the
    memories of days when he played with it?

    Answer: Yes, it appears that the boy has had the ball for a long time. When it
    bounced and fell into the water, all his childhood memories of wonderful days
    flashed in front of his eyes. He realised that those moments would never come
    back, just as the ball. He felt that he can buy new balls and those would create
    new memories or moments for him, but those that are gone with the ball into the
    water would never ever return.

    Question 3: What does “in the world of possessions” mean?

    Answer: “In the world of possessions” refers to the world consisting of


    materialistic things. Different people possess different things such as land,
    property, money, or any other valuable thing. In the poem, the poet indicates that
    losing of the ball by the boy may be a very small thing, but this would give him a
    realization of loss and the experience of losing memories associated with it.
    Question 4: Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words
    that suggest the answer.

    Answer: No, it seems that the boy did not lose anything earlier. It is evident from
    the words ‘He senses responsibility in a world of possessions’. This line suggests
    that the sense of loss gave him an experience of understanding how several
    precious moments are lost with the loss of a particular object.

    Question 5: What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the
    ball? Try to explain this in your own words.

    Answer: The poet tries to convey through his poem that the boy has learnt an
    important lesson to cope up with the loss of his ball. He is experiencing grief and
    sadness while he grows up in this world full of possessions. He learns that there
    are several important things in life that are lost and cannot be brought back. He
    also senses his first sense of responsibility as he loses the ball. The boy learns to
    stand up and leave the loss behind as he moves ahead in his life and understands
    the true meaning and nature of loss.

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