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The document contains questions and answers about the poem "The Ball Poem". It discusses that the poet does not offer the boy money to replace his lost ball because he wants the boy to learn the lesson of responsibility and understand the meaning of loss. The boy is experiencing grief over losing the ball, but is learning to cope with loss and that some things cannot be brought back. Losing the ball also teaches the boy about his first experience with responsibility and standing up after experiencing loss.

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THE BALL POEM Q Ans

The document contains questions and answers about the poem "The Ball Poem". It discusses that the poet does not offer the boy money to replace his lost ball because he wants the boy to learn the lesson of responsibility and understand the meaning of loss. The boy is experiencing grief over losing the ball, but is learning to cope with loss and that some things cannot be brought back. Losing the ball also teaches the boy about his first experience with responsibility and standing up after experiencing loss.

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THE BALL POEM

Question and answers

Q. 1 Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to
buy another ball?
Ans. The poet says, “I would not intrude on him” because he does not want to intervene in the
natural process of learning. He wants the boy to learn the meaning of loss on his own. He also
doesn’t offer him money to buy another ball because that would be worthless. He wants the boy
to learn the lesson of responsibility.

Q.2 What does “in the world of possessions” mean?


Ans. “In the world of possessions” means that the world is full of materialistic things. Here
everything and every action is made to possess something, whether it is the possession of land,
property, money, or any other thing. The poet suggests that losing a ball, which is a very small
thing, would make the boy understand what it is like to lose something that one possessed.

Q.3 Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the Words that suggest the answer.
Ans. No, it seems that the boy had not lost anything earlier. The words that suggest so are ‘He
senses first responsibility in a world of possessions’.

Q.4 What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball? Try to explain this in
your own words.
Ans.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. The boy will learn how to stand up and leave the losses behind as he would
have understood the true meaning and nature of loss.

Extra question

Question 1.
Why is it important for everyone to experience loss and to stand up after it?
Ans. It is important for everyone to experience loss and to stand up after it in order to be strong
and to get on with life. One
needs to stay strong no matter how much it hurts inside. Staying strong is the only way to
survive. Moreover, one needs to learn to accept and let go and not cling to something that they
can never have. One should understand that the past is gone and it will never come back.
Experiencing loss sometimes helps us to grow up and face hardships, like loss. This helps us in
breaking all the boundaries into freedom.

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