Question

All poetic devices used in "The Ball Poem", Class 10th.​

Answer 1

The poetic devices used in "The Ball Poem are" :

1. Anaphora: use of repeated words in two or more lines (What is the boy… what, what and merrily bouncing… merrily over).
2. Assonance: repeated use of vowel ‘o’ (boy, now, who, lost).
3. Imagery: when poet says merrily bouncing down the street.
4. Repetition: ‘what’ & 'ball'  repeated.
5. Asyndeton: no use of conjunction in a sentence (A dime, another ball, is worthless).
6. Alliteration: use of sound ‘b’ at the start of two consecutive words (buys a ball back).

More to know :

Poet :

• John Berryman

Summary :

• The poet says that there is no benefit of consoling the boy by saying that he will get another ball because he has other balls too. He says so because the boy is feeling very sad. He is completely surrounded by sorrow.  He is sad because all the memories of the childhood days went down the harbour with the ball. Here the poet says that the boy is very sad as the ball which has now gone into the water reminds him of those sweet memories, of the times when he owned it. This loss is unbearable for him and he is grief stricken. The poet says that he can’t even tell the boy to take some money from him in order to buy another ball. He says so because the new ball will not bring the sense of belonging to the boy. Further, the poet says that the time has come for the boy to learn the responsibility of taking care of his things. The poet says that the boy has to learn that in this materialistic world, many of his belongings will be lost. He personifies the ball as his belongings, be it the worldly things or the relationships he is in possession of. So, he says that he has to learn to live without them no matter what. He says no one can buy back such things for him. The poet said so because according to him money can’t buy you everything. If it does buy you some materialistic thing, still, it will not be able to buy the sense of belongingness. He says that the boy is learning how to stand up against the sense of lost things. This means that the boy is trying to learn the real truth of life which states that you have to accept the miseries of life and stand up again. This is the truth which everyone has to learn in his or her life. The harsh truth of standing up against the odd miseries of life that everyone has to bear.

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Answer 2

The poetic devices used in "The Ball Poem are" :

Anaphora: use of repeated words in two or more lines (What is the boy… what, what and merrily bouncing… merrily over).

Assonance: repeated use of vowel ‘o’ (boy, now, who, lost).

Imagery: when poet says merrily bouncing down the street.

Repetition: ‘what’ & 'ball'  repeated.

Asyndeton: no use of conjunction in a sentence (A dime, another ball, is worthless).

Alliteration: use of sound ‘b’ at the start of two consecutive words (buys a ball back).

More to know :

Poet :

John Berryman

Summary :

The poet says that there is no benefit of consoling the boy by saying that he will get another ball because he has other balls too. He says so because the boy is feeling very sad. He is completely surrounded by sorrow.  He is sad because all the memories of the childhood days went down the harbour with the ball. Here the poet says that the boy is very sad as the ball which has now gone into the water reminds him of those sweet memories, of the times when he owned it. This loss is unbearable for him and he is grief stricken. The poet says that he can’t even tell the boy to take some money from him in order to buy another ball. He says so because the new ball will not bring the sense of belonging to the boy. Further, the poet says that the time has come for the boy to learn the responsibility of taking care of his things. The poet says that the boy has to learn that in this materialistic world, many of his belongings will be lost. He personifies the ball as his belongings, be it the worldly things or the relationships he is in possession of. So, he says that he has to learn to live without them no matter what. He says no one can buy back such things for him. The poet said so because according to him money can’t buy you everything. If it does buy you some materialistic thing, still, it will not be able to buy the sense of belongingness. He says that the boy is learning how to stand up against the sense of lost things. This means that the boy is trying to learn the real truth of life which states that you have to accept the miseries of life and stand up again. This is the truth which everyone has to learn in his or her life. The harsh truth of standing up against the odd miseries of life that everyone has to bear.