How is the lost ball, the metaphor of the lost childhood of the boy. Why doesn't the poet want to 'intrude on' the boy by offering him money to buy another ball.
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The poet doesn't inturrupt the boy cause he felt that everyone deserves some time alone after loosing something very dear to them. He felt that the boy needs to spend some time alone to understand and sink in the fact that what he lost is not going to come back to him ever again. He also knew better than to make the boy even sadder than he already was by asking him to replace something that quickly like the earlier thing was of no use.
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The poet does not want to intrude so that the boy can get a
chance to learn the real truth of life. He has to learn to accept the loss.
The poet wants him to experience the sadness when he loses
something. He does not offer him money to buy another ball because
according to him, money on another ball is worthless. It cannot
compensate for the sense of loss experienced by the boy.
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