Question

Why is money called external in "The Ball Poem" written by John Berryman

Answer 1

Answer:

The poet wants the boy to experience the loss. He should learn that it is the part of life. That's why the poet doesn't want to interfere the boy and doesn't want to offer him money to buy another ball. ... Money is external because it can buy only material objects; it cannot buy everything that one loses.

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