Question

“ What is the boy now, who has lost his ball, What, what is he to do? I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street and then Merrily over-there it is in the water! No use to say ‘O there are other balls”:

a) Why does the poet say ‘No use to say- ‘O there are other balls’? b) Identify two types of figure of speech used in the above lines. c) In what way did the ball go and where?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Because the ball has been lost into the water and now the ball that has been lost can't get back.

c. the ball go merrily bouncing, down the street and merrily over there into the water.