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(First Flight)(Chapter 3)(Poem- 2) (The Ball Poem), (Class - 10), Thinking about the Poem, Question 1:, Why does the poet say, "I would not intrude on him"? Why doesn't he offer him money to buy, another ball?, E Answer 1:, The poet wants the boy to understand the loss. He wants him to learn that it is a part of life. That's, why the poet doesn't want to get in the way of the boy and doesn't want to offer him money to buy, another ball., Question 2:, ".. staring down/All his young days into the harbour where/His ball went ." Do you think the boy, has had the ball for a long time? Is it linked to the memories of days when he played with it?, Answer 2:, Yes, it looks like the boy had the ball with him from a long time. When it bounced into the water, all, his reminiscences of the childhood days flashed in front of him. This led to an understanding that, those moments would not come back now, just like the ball. He can buy new balls and can likewise, create new moments, but those which have gone would not return now., Question 3:, What does "in the world of possessions" mean?, Answer 3:, In the world of possessions' means people like to own all type of things in the world. Money is, external because it can buy only materialistic objects; it cannot buy memories or anything that one, loses and never gets them back., Question 4:, Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier? Pick out the words that suggest the answer., E. Answer 4:, The poem indicates that the boy has lost something earlier. He is much troubled now. The following, words indicate the same:, > The epistemology of loss, how to understand., > No use to say, 'O! there are other balls.', Question 5:, What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball? Try to explain this in your own, words., E Answer 5:, The poet says that the boy is learning to cope up with the loss of the ball. He is going through grief, but still learning to grow up in this world of assets. He learns that there are so many things in life, that are to be lost forever and cannot be brought back. It is useless to feel distressed for them., 1
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(First Flight)(Chapter 3)(Poem - 2) (The Ball Poem), (Class - 10), Question 6:, Have you ever lost something you liked very much? Write a paragraph describing how you felt then,, and saying whether-and how, L Answer 6:, you got over your loss., Grieving over the lost a pen, It is the time when I was studying in class V. My father was a teacher in the same school. I was, awarded for the best performance in Maths Olympiad conducted by Tiwari Academy. I got a prize, of { 1000 and a golden pen set. I liked that pen very much. One day, while leaving for the house from, the school, I bought some eatables from the shop. The shopkeeper gave me so many items that I put, in my bag. During the sharing of items with our friends, somewhere I lost my lovely pen. I could not, contain myself and a river of tears started rolling from my eyes. I hesitatingly uttered..pen. One of, my best friends understand the loss of the pen since it had a great value for me., Immediately my mother showered me deep affection and promised me to prove a similar pen. I got, relief and felt happiness., 2
