CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the need to take care of one’s possessions
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the necessity of keeping the ball safely
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the urge to locate the lost ball
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the ability to understand the depth of grief at a loss.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Q.12. ‘He senses first responsibility’-what responsibility is referred to here? Ans. 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-3: -Answer. Explanation: 1) He refers to the boy whose ball is lost. 2)He senses his first responsibility that in this world possessions i.e things that gives pleasure would be taken from us and no one would help us to cope up from our loses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The poet John Berryman “The Ball poem” describes the grief of a boy over the loss of his ball. This loss makes him realise his first responsibility.