The lesson of accepting the harsh realities of life that one day we will lose our loved ones and our loved things. Here the poet wants to say that now the boy will learn the toughest lesson of life. He further says that the time has come for the boy to learn his responsibilities. But he stops himself from doing so because he thinks that the money may bring a new ball but will not bring the memories and feelings attached to the lost ball. The poet says that he could console him that he may get new balls or he could also give him some money to buy another ball. He got so immersed in his sorrow that he kept standing near the harbour for a very long time and kept on looking for his ball. He further says that the boy was helplessly looking into the water where his ball had gone. The poet says that this sight of the boy losing his favorite ball made him think about the boy and his reaction to this situation. The ball skipped from his hand and went into the nearby water body. The Ball Poem Summary – The poet is talking about a little boy who has lost his ball. He has touched the topic of how to stand up against the miseries and sorrows of life. The poet John Berryman through his poem, ‘The ball poem’ has described the reality of life which everyone has to face one day. He won Pulitzer Prize for the dream songs. He is best known for the Dream Songs (1969) which was a sequence of 385 poems.
John Berryman was an American poet and scholar.
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