Why did the poet say balls will be lost always?
Answer. Answer: because, the poet want to say that nothing is eternal. we will lose so many things through out our life, but we will learn to get over them, we should get over the past and move forward to future.
What does the poet says about money?
The poet says that money is something external and what he really wants the boy to understand is the meaning of loss. The boy is learning what it means to lose something.
What do you mean by epistemology of loss in the ball poem?
(c) ‘Epistemology of loss’ means to understand the nature of loss. (d) Every man needs to know one day that loss may occur to him and he would have to bear it up.
What is the meaning of money is external?
In the poem, ‘money is external’ means that money can only buy all worldly or materialistic things. The poet wants to say that it cannot buy emotions, attachment, love, childhood etc. Once these things are lost, they are lost forever and they never come back.
What is the main theme of the poem the ball poem?
The theme of the poem is that life is precious and should not be wasted. Life has to be lived. And life can be lived purposefully and fruitfully only when we stand up and come out of depression. The young boy lost his ball.
What do you mean by epistemology of loss?
Epistemology of loss is the study to learn the nature of loss. In this world of possession people do every action for the purpose of to get or to possess something. No one performan any action without any selfishness.
What does the poet say this world is made of?
Answer: Aaccording to the poet, the world will end in fire. The contradictory opinion of public is the debate whether the world will end in fire or ice. Both ice and fire are similar in the in the sense that both of them would destroy everything in the world.
What does the ball symbolize in the poem?
The ball poem has symbolism as its outstanding figure of speech. The writer uses the ball as a symbol ,where losing the ball symbolise losing his childhood that the had cherished for long then he lost it unexpectedly. All in all,after the boy lost his ball he had to grief and move on with life.
What does Wanda mean?
Wanda is a female given name of Polish origin. It probably derives from the tribal name of the Wends. The name is popularly interpreted as meaning “wanderer.”
What is the boy now who lost his ball?
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.
What do we learn from the ball poem?
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.
What is the poet of the ball poem?
John Berryman
What is the central idea of the poem animals?
Answer: The poet wants to live among animals and experience a life where no one complains and where they are free of sins and sorrow. The most important theme of the poem is not to praise how good animals are, but to compare humans with them in order to highlight the flaws of their nature.
What is the ball a metaphor for?
Answer: The ball lost when the boy was playing with this. As the ball has lost into the water and can’t get back As also same our childhood days which we spend can’t came back in our life if ones passed. The poet wants to realize the pain of loss to the boy that is why he does not offer him money to buy another ball.
Why does no one buy a ball back?
Answer. 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.
What does a ball cost the ball poem?
Answer. A ball does not cost much.lt is not even difficult to buy a new ball. But the poet wants the `child to Understand that losing things is a common thing of life. ‘The Ball Poem’ looks like a simple story of a young boy losing his ball.