'Balls will be lost always little boy' why, comment with illustration from the text
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Answer:
In this poem, the poet uses the device of an apostrophe in the 13th line as he directly speaks to the little boy and tells him that balls are always liable to get lost, however we never see the boy responding to him.
Explanation:
The figure of speech is Apostrophe
Option (B)
Explanation:
John Berryman's Ball Poem has described the truth of life that all must one day face. The poem can be interpreted literally and metaphorically. Taken literally, it is a soulful illustration of little boys who grow up and learn the loss of what they had cherished first..If metaphorically taken, this is humanity's narrative, which learns to deal with the loss of their loved ones. The ball is a symbol of all that our lives consider to be irreplaceable
Apostrophe as a figure of speech is where the poet addresses an absent person, oran abstract idea, or a thing. It means a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party. This third party can be an individual, absent or present in the scene. It could also be an inanimate object, such as a dagger, or an abstract concept, such as the sun or death .
In this poem, the poet uses the device of an apostrophe in the 13th line as he directly speaks to the little boy and tells him that balls are always liable to get lost, however we never see the boy responding to him.