3-June-2020

SIYA MATTOO

10-B

The Ball Poem

Ques-Ans

Q. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

1. What is the boy now, who has lost his ball.

What, what is he to do? I saw it go

Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over—there it is in the water!
No use to say 'O there are other balls':

Q1.What has happened to the boy?

Ans. The boy was sad as he has lost his ball.

Q2.Why does the poet say ‘No use to say-O there are other balls’?
Ans. The poet says so as the loss of a ball was real for the boy and there was no use to console him by
saying that he has lost just a ball which can be replaced by other balls.

Q3.Which word means ‘happily’?

Ans. Merrily means happily.

Q4. Where did the ball go?

Ans. The ball went into the river.

2.  Now

He senses first responsibility

In a world of possessions. People will take balls,
Balls will be lost always, little boy,
And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.

Q1.What does the boy understand?

Ans. The boy understands his first responsibility.

Q2.What does the word ‘balls’ signify?

Ans. The word ‘balls’ signify the innocence of the young boy, his childhood and the memories
associated with it.

Q3.What is meant by the word ‘possessions’?

Ans. Possession means the state of owning something.

Q4.What does ‘In a world of possessions mean’?

Ans. In a world of possessions means that the world is full of materialistic things. Materialistic things
are those things which bring comfort and luxury in life.

3. He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,

The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up .

Q1.What is the boy learning?

Ans. The boy is learning to cope up with the loss.

Q2.Why are boy’s eyes desperate?

Ans. The boy’s eyes are desperate because he is hopeless after the loss of his ball.

Q3.What do you mean by ‘epistemology of loss’?

Ans. The ‘epistemology of loss’ means to understand the nature of loss.

Q4.What every man needs to know one day?

Ans. Every man needs to know the harsh reality of life that one day we will lose our loved ones and our
loved things but we need to stand up from those losses.