CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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Question
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‘O there are other balls’:what is the literal meaning of this line from ‘The Ball Poem’?
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People comforting the boy
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People saying the ball lost is not the only one
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Poet is giving options of other balls
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Both people comforting and telling the ball lost is not the only one
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This poem is about losing something which we love and then learning to grow up. It is about a little boy, who in his young life, for the first time, is learning what it is like to experience grief after the loss of a much-beloved possession which is here his ball.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The poet says so because no one can buy the ball back because it is lost. He means to say that money cannot compensate for the sense of loss.
Detailed explanation-3: -He does not offer him money to buy another ball because according to him, money or another ball is worthless. The boy was trying to understand his first responsibility as he had lost something, which could not be brought back.
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