Question

. An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down All his young days into the harbour where His ball went. I would not intrude on him, A dime, another ball, is worthless. (4x1=4)
(a) How has the loss affected the boy?
(b) Why was ‘he’ trembling, staring down?
(c) What does the poet mean by ‘first responsibility’?
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Answer 1

(a) The loss has affected the boy deeply as he had never lost anything before and that he is learning the epistemology of loss of a loved one.

(b) He stood staring down the harbour where his ball was lost. The boy was affected profoundly by the loss of his ball because it had been with him for a long time.

(c) The poet means by 'first responsibility' that in this whole world of possessions, you will always lose your beloved things, which you would not be able to retrieve through money, except for materialistic things.

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