justify the title of a poem with an explanation about "the ball" and not "a ball"
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Explanation:
The ball poem is about a boy who loses his ball and afterwards is seen grieving the loss of his ball. The ball poem has symbolism as its outstanding figure of speech. The writer uses the ball as a symbol ,where losing the ball symbolise losing his childhood that the had cherished for long then he lost it unexpectedly.
•The title of the poem i.e. The Ball Poem is very symbolic and has a deep meaning behind it. A young child who is not aware of the harsh realities of life. He keeps enjoying playing with his ball. He develops an emotional attachment with it.
• Hence, when he loses the ball, he gets sorrowful and sad. He will not feel good even if a new ball is given to him because money cannot buy emotions and attachments.
• In this Ball also symbolizes the things which a person has and loses someday. It symbolizes the poet’s father who committed suicide when the poet was 11 years old.