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Is it bad to get too attached to material possessions? Explain in the context of the poem.(the ball poem)

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The Ball Poem By John Berryman

Question 1 : Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball?

Answer : The poet says, “I would not intrude on him” because he does not want to intervene in the natural process of learning. He wants the boy to learn the meaning of loss on his own. He also doesn’t offer him money to buy another ball because that would be worthless.

Question 2 : “…….starting down

All his young days into the harbour where His ball went….”

Do you think the boy has had the ball for a long time? Is it linked to the memories of days when he played with it?

Answer : Yes, the boy has had the ball for a long time. When it bounced into the water, all his memories of the days of childhood flashed in front of him. This led to a realisation that those moments would not come back, just like the ball. He can buy new balls and can similarly create new moments, but those that are gone would not return.

Question 3 : What does “in the world of possessions” mean?

Answer : “In thew world of possessions” means that the world is full of materialistic things. Here everything and every action is made to possess something, whether it is the possession of land, property, money, or any other thing. The poet suggests that losing a ball, which is a very small thing, would make the boy understand what it is like to lose something that one possessed.

Question 4 : Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words that suggest the answer.

Answer : No, it seems that the boy had not lost anything earlier. The words that suggest so are ‘He senses first responsibility in a world of possessions’.

Question 5 : What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball? Try to explain this in your own words.

Answer : The poet says that the boy is learning to cope up with the loss of the ball. He is experiencing grief and learning to grow up in this world of possessions. He learns that there are so many things in life that are lost and cannot be brought back. He is sensing his first responsibility as he has lost the ball.

Short Questions and Answers

Question 1 : What does john Berryman want to convey through this poem?

Answer : Poet, John Berryman wants to convey the importance of loss and responsibility in life. We all should lean out responsibility and how to cope up with the loss. The poet also wants us learn that things will get lost from time to time and money simply cannot replace them all.

Question 2 : How does the boy feel at the loss of his ball?

Answer : The boy is very much troubled at the loss of his ball. He experiences grief at the loss of his much loved possession. Like a statue, he keeps staring at the ball with this desperate eyes. He finds it difficult to cope up with the loss.

Question 3 : Write the sum and substance of the poem “The Ball Poem”.

Answer : In “The Ball Poem”, Berryman tells us how our childhood can quickly fly by, as quickly as a ball is lost and how we sometimes unsuspectingly must grow up and face hardships, like loss.

Question 4 : “Money is external”. What does the poet mean by this expression?

Answer : The poet makes the boy understand about his responsibility as the loss is immaterial. Not every loss can be replaced by money. Money is external as it cannot buy memories, nor can it replace the things that we love, the things that really matter.

Long Questions and Answers

Question 1 : Why is it important for everyone to experience loss and to stand up after it?

Answer : It is important for everyone to experience loss and to stand up after it in order to be strong and to get on with life. One needs to stay strong no matter how much it hurts inside. Staying strong is the only way to survive. Moreover, one needs to learn to accept and let go and not cling to something that they can never have. One should understand that the past is gone and it will never come back. Experiencing loss sometimes helps us to grow up and face hardships, like loss. This helps us in breaking all the boundaries into freedom. The poem teaches us a philosophy of life through the loss of ball. i.e. “Loss is a universal truth in our life.” We have to lose something at one point of time. Through the loss of ball, the boy learns real knowledge of the world.

Question 2 : Money, though is very important in our life, but it can not replace everything. Explain.

Answer : Money is very important in everyone’s life but the poem teaches us one thing more. Money is external because it can not buy everything that one loses. The poem can be interpreted both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it is a picture of little boy growing up and learning to deal with his first loss. Metaphorically it is the story of mankind learning to deal with the loss of their loved ones. It is here where money can not bring back our loved ones, we must learn to cope up with these personal losses.

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