CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Happily
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Sadly
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Desperately
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It falls into the water and never returns to the boy. The poet uses the word ‘Merrily’ twice here. The first time he uses the word, he means that the balls happily starts bouncing the streets. The second time he uses the word, he means that the ball gets excited once more and bounces over and then into the water.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is option 2. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Detailed explanation-3: -This poem 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The poet saw the boy playing with his ball. While he was playing with it, the ball bounced down the street ‘merrily’.