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Central Idea – The Ball Poem
The poet John Berryman in this poem describes the grief of a boy over the loss of his ball. With that loss he senses his first responsibility in a materialistic world. The Poet Suggest that the people whom we love and our material possessions will not be with us forever. One has to understand the nature of loss and learn to cope up with the loss. The child has to learn that loss is a part of everyday life and still life goes on.