Write the brief sketch of the poet of the poem the ball poem
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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
The Ball Poem Questions and Answers
Q1-Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball?
A1- The poet does not want to intrude so that the boy can get a chance to learn the real truth of life. He has to learn to accept the loss. The loss here means the most important thing or relationship.
Q2- “… staring down/All his young days into the harbour where/His ball went …” Do you think the boy has had the ball for a long time? Is it linked to the memories of days when he played with it?
A2- Yes we can say that the boy had the ball for a very long time. The line itself describes how the boy recalls those days when he used to play with the ball. The ball was surely linked to some sweet memories of his playing with the ball.
Q3- What does “in the world of possessions” mean?
A3-In the world of possessions means that the world is full of materialistic things. Materialistic things are those things which bring comfort and luxury in our life.
Q4- Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words that suggest the answer?
A4- The line in the poem “now he senses his first responsibility’ helps us to know that the boy has not lost anything before.
Q5- What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball? Try to explain this in your own words?
A5- The poet means that the boy will learn the real truth of life. He will learn how to move on in life despite of incurring heavy losses. Everyone experiences this in his/ her life when they lose either something or someone. This harsh reality that lost things never come back make people strong enough to live their life by accepting this truth of life.
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John Allyn McAlpin Berryman was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry. His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
Berryman's poetry, which often revolves around the sordid details of his personal problems, is closely associated with the Confessional poetry movement. In this sense, his poetry had much in common with the poetry of his friend, Robert Lowell. he died on January 7, 1972 (aged 57)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.