CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: he is playing with the ball.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The poet sees a boy playing near a harbour with a ball. The poet saw his ball bouncing. It bounced and fell into the water of the harbour.

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: -Answer: The boy has lost his ball while playing. The poet says that from this loss, the boy will learn in his years, what it means to lose something. Thus he will understand the nature of loss or how to face and cope up with losses one suffers in life.

Detailed explanation-5: -The boy was upset on losing his ball because sentiments of his childhood were attached to it. As the boy stands watching his ball in the harbour, he realizes that his young days have gone away with the ball and he can never get them back. Was this answer helpful?