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    The Ball Poem Mind Map

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    John Berryman was a poet born in 1914 who wrote about human nature. The poem tells the story of a boy who loses his ball and is distraught until a man offers him a dime to replace it. Though the ball is replaced, money cannot buy everything of value in life, as the boy has learned an important lesson about what is truly important to him.

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    John Berryman was a poet born in 1914 who wrote about human nature. The poem tells the story of a boy who loses his ball and is distraught until a man offers him a dime to replace it. Though the ball is replaced, money cannot buy everything of value in life, as the boy has learned an important lesson about what is truly important to him.

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    John Berryman was a poet born in 1914 who wrote about human nature. The poem tells the story of a boy who loses his ball and is distraught until a man offers him a dime to replace it. Though the ball is replaced, money cannot buy everything of value in life, as the boy has learned an important lesson about what is truly important to him.

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    The Ball Poem Mind Map

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    Somik Jain
    John Berryman was a poet born in 1914 who wrote about human nature. The poem tells the story of a boy who loses his ball and is distraught until a man offers him a dime to replace it. Though the ball is replaced, money cannot buy everything of value in life, as the boy has learned an important lesson about what is truly important to him.

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    Poet john Berryman was born on

    25 October and died on 7


    January 1972. He writes on the
    basic natural behaviour of
    humans.
    Central idea:
    Setting: The street, harbour and
    Once we lose a thing then we
    water
    know about its importance.
    Also, money cannot buy
    everything we need. The poet tells us about an
    incident in an eye grasping and
    attractive way.

    The Ball Poem


    Characters: Boy (whose ball is
    lost)-innocent and grief Poetic devices: repetition and
    metaphor

    Conflict: New words:


    The money brings a twist in poem A Dime- ten cents (U.S.)
    and tells us that all things cannot Epistemology- epistemology is
    be taken from money. the study of the nature of
    knowledge itself.

    Critical appreciation:
    The poet john tells that a
    boy lost his ball, the boy
    also remembered his young
    days and then he realises his
    responsibilities and that
    money is external. The ball
    is a metaphor for everything
    that we think is
    irreplaceable in our lives.
    Poem

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