CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The boy’s innocent and happy young days
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Materialistic things
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The boy’s lost ball that went into the water
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is mentioned that ‘’Now He senses first responsibility. ‘’ The poet says that after losing the ball that the boy realizes the responsibility of taking care of things.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet says that the boy is learning to cope up with the loss of the ball. He is experiencing grief and learning to grow up in this world of possessions. He learns that there are so many things in life that are lost and cannot be brought back. He is sensing his first responsibility as he has lost the ball.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term ‘ball’ is used as a symbol for the boy’s past childhood days that are now gone. The loss of the ball is symbolic of the loss of the boy’s innocence. It is also symbolic of the boy gaining knowledge on how to experience loss and survive.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poet suggests that from the loss of the ball, the boy is learning how to stand up in a world of possessions where he will lose things, will buy some more to replace the ones lost, but would never be able to buy back the thing that he had lost. He is sensing his first responsibility as he has lost the ball.