Question

money is external . what does poet mean by this expression . do you agree

Answer 1

Explanation:

Teh poet mean In the world of possessions' means people like to possess all sorts of things in the world. Money is external because it can buy only material objects; it cannot buy everything that one loses.

Answer 2

In his poem "the Ball Poem" John Berryman says that money is external because it cannot buy all the memories, attachment the boy had with the ball.It cannot buy everything that one loses. One should accept the loss and move on in life.