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PRESENTATION BY:
Mr. Ravikant Jadhav TGT English (JNV Kanker)
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The Ball Poem
Before we proceed:
oEveryone possess something and lose it.
oWhy then we become so upset over losing something?
o Isn’t it possible to buy another thing and be happy after losing something?
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A boy loses a ball. He is very upset. A ball doesn’t cost much, nor it is difficult to buy another ball.
Why then is the boy so upset?
Lets read the poem to see what the poet thinks has been lost, and what the boy has to learn from the experience of losing something.
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About the poet:John Berryman (October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry. His best-known work is ‘The Dream Songs.’
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What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,What, what is he to do? I saw it goMerrily bouncing, down the street, and thenMerrily over — there it is in the water!No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boyAs he stands rigid, trembling, staring downAll his young days into the harbour whereHis ball went. I would not intrude on him;A dime, another ball, is worthless.
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He senses first responsibility In a world of possessions. People will takeBalls, balls will be lost always, little boy.And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,The epistemology of loss, how to stand upKnowing what every man must one day knowAnd most know many days, how to stand up.
