Question

According to the poet , what is the child learning?

Answer 1

According to the poet, the child is learning to bear the loss.

Explanation:

• In the context of John Berryman's poem 'The Ball,' the poet conveys the message that as we grow up in life, we learn to deal with the losses in life and move on.
• The poet conveys this message through a ball that a little child loses while playing. In the beginning, he is filled with grief, pain, and sorrow of losing his beloved possession i.e. ball.
• But eventually, he learned that it was nothing and just valued a dime. He understood that there are lots of things that people lose in life yet they have to bear it. Thus, he is not sorrowful anymore.

Learn more: The Ball poem

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