Question

Summary of the ball poem

Answer 1

The Ball Poem Summary

The poet is talking about a little boy who has lost his ball. He was playing with his ball. The ball skipped from his hand and went into the nearby water body. The poet says that this sight of the boy losing his favorite ball made him think about the boy and his reaction to this situation. He further says that the boy was helplessly looking into the water where his ball had gone. He was sad and was trembling with fear. He got so immersed in his sorrow that he kept standing near the harbour for a very long time and kept on looking for his ball. The poet says that he could console him that he may get new balls or he could also give him some money to buy another ball. But he stops himself from doing so because he thinks that the money may bring a new ball but will not bring the memories and feelings attached to the lost ball. He further says that the time has come for the boy to learn his responsibilities. Here the poet wants to say that now the boy will learn the toughest lesson of life. The lesson of accepting the harsh realities of life that one day we will lose our loved ones and our loved things.

Answer 2

THE BALL POEM

this is basically a short story about a boy and his ball written in the form of a poem.

here, a child was playing with his ball and suddenly the ball fell in the water and he lost his most beloved ball in the water. He couldn't do anything except standing there and watching it. All his memories with the ball flowed along with it.

now, the kid was standing stiff eith full of sadness and grief and that's when he sensed his first responsibility. The poet was watching him but didn't do anything to console him. He knew that even if he does console him and give him a new ball, he won't learn how to cope up with sadness.

Moreover, money is external, it can't buy everything in this world. Money can't bring back his memories with the ball. Money can't buy love. The poet just wanted that child to feel his first responsibility, he wanted to see how he copes up with the loss.

So basically, the central idea of this poem is life is full of up and downs. if you lose something, then don't worry about it. Life is all about fun and adventures. We must know our responsibility and must know how to cope up with our loses. We'll face many loses in our future. But we can't stop moving because of them.

That's what the poet is indirectly telling us.