Question

6. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.(1x4=4 Marks)

“I would not intrude on him;

A dime, another ball, is worthless.

Now, he senses his responsibility

In a world of possession.”

(a) Name the poem and the poet

(b)What did the poet decide?

(c)What does the boy decide?

(d) What does the ‘world of possessions’ refer to?​

Answer 1

poem - The ball poem

poet- John Berryman

2) the poet decided not to condole the boy because the boy, for the first time in his life, experiences the grief of losing a much loved possession-his ball.

3)

4) that the whole world is full of materialistic things

i dnt know the ans of 3 one.. hope rest all helped u