CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Taking up his responsibilities
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Composing himself calmly
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Fighting for his rights
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Both taking up his responsibility and composing calmly
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Detailed explanation-1: -The responsibility referred to here is how to stand up or bear the loss through self-understanding and trying to console oneself on his own as the boy who lost his ball was trying to do.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: 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 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -How does the boy ‘Senses first responsibility? Answer: The boy loses his ball and gets upset. This was his first lesson in sensing first responsibility.