Summary of the ball poem.
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The Ball Poem" is written by John Berryman. It is about a young boy who has lost his ball. The boy was playing with the ball when it bounced down the street into the sea. The poet says that the ball was very dear to the poet. He never considered the possibility that he might lose his ball. Now that he has lost it, he is grief - stricken. He realises that it was his responsibility to keep the ball safe and he has failed in his duty. He also realises that things will get lost from time to time and money simply can't replace them. As the little boy learn these lessons, he is growing up. The poet says that he is learning the harsh realities of life and in the process he is losing his innocence.
The poem has a deeper meaning also. The boy's ball personifies his young and happy days and his innocence. In this world , people will take away our innocence and force us to grow up. And once we lose this innocence, we can't get it back. This poem goes to show how all throughout our life, we will be forced to do things that we don't want to do and we lose or have to give up things that we love.
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This poem, by John Berriman, is about losing something that you love, and learning to grow up. It is about a little boy, who, for the first time in his young life, is learning what it is like to experience grief at the loss of a much beloved possession-his ball.
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