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'The Ball Poem' by  revolves around a  who lost his ball. The poet asks what would become of the boy now that he has lost his most treasured . He also wonders what the boy would do now. The poet saw the ball merrily  and falling into the . He says that one must never  this incident saying that there are other balls and this incident does not matter. The boy stood there, seeing the ball in the water as he filled with . He stands there rigidly thinking about all the memories with the ball and about his past younger days, which cannot be gained back. The poet does not want to  on this thought. A  or a new ball will not take away his grief. In this whole incident, the boy learnt to be more  and to stand up after his loss. Like great men in the past, he understands that  is external and that he has to accept and bounce back from the .