The Ball Poem
About the Poet of The Ball Poem
The Name of the poet is John Berryman. He was Born on October 25, 1914, at McAlester, in Oklahoma, US. And he died on January 7,
1972 in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, United States
He got
his education at Columbia University in
the year of 1936, in Columbia College
He was awarded with Bollingen Awards, and National Poetry Book Award
Theme of the Poem
This poem is about losing what you love and learning to grow.
Explanation of the Poem
The poem starts with a boy. The boy was playing with his ball. He was bouncing the ball in the air up
and down. The boy was merrily enjoying the game. While bouncing, all of sudden
it fell in the water and was lost.
For the first time in his life, the boy is
learning what it means to suffer from the loss of possession, which he loves
the most. For us, losing the ball is a small incident, and our response is to
say, "There are other balls." But for a child, that’s not the case.
In 10 cents another ball can be purchased, it's worth nothing. Money is
external, it cannot buy our love back or replace the things we love: what
really matters.
In this
poem, the poet wants to depicts the
innocence of his youth and happiness. In this world, people take balls and
force us to grow in the same way that our innocence is removed. And once we
lose the innocence, we can't get it back ever. The balls are always lost, baby,
and no one buys the ball.
This
poem tells us how, throughout the life,
we all are forced to do things that we do not want to do; And we all have to lose or sacrifice the things that you love. But, despite this, we all must learn
stand up, be strong and keep going no matter how painful life is inside.
Because that’s the only way to survive; We all have to learn to accept and let
go and never hold onto something you never had.
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