Lesson-3
The Ball Poem
Summary
The poet is talking about a little boy who has last his ball. He was playing with his ball. The ball skipped from his hand and and went into the nearby water body. The poet say7s that this sight of the boy lasing his favourite ball made him think about the boy and his reaction to this situation . Further the writer says the boy was helplessly looking into the water where his ball had gone. He was sad and was trembling with fear. He got so immersed in his serrano that he kept standing near the harbour for a very long time and kept on looking for his ball. The poet says that he could console him that he that he may get new balls or he could also give him some money to buy another ball. But he stops himself from may bring a new ball but will not bring the memories and feelings attached to the last ball. He further says that the time has come for the boy ts learn his responsibilities. Here the poet wonts to say that now the boy will learn the toughest lesson of life. The lesson of accepting the harsh realilies of life that one day we loes our loud ones and our lode things.
āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ąঃ
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻৈāĻে, āϝি āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে । āϏি āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে । āϏি āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāϞāĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻেāϞি āĻāĻিāϞ । āĻŦāϞāĻো āϤাā§° āĻšাāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°ি āĻাāώ⧰ āĻĒাāύীā§° āύিāĻā§°াāĻোāϤ āĻĒাā§°িāϞāĻৈ। āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āϞ⧰াāĻোā§ąে āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻŦāϞāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻĨā§° āϞাāĻি āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ । āϏি āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°ু āĻĻূāĻāϤ āĻঁāĻĒি āĻāĻিāϞ । āϏি āĻŦāĻšু āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĨā§° āϞাāĻি āύিāĻā§°াāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ ।āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϞ’ā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻāĻা āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻোā§ąা āύāĻš’āϞ āύāĻুā§ąা āϤেāĻঁ āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāϞ āĻিāύিāĻŦ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϞ⧰াāĻāύāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻাāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻšā§ । āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāύে āĻোāύো āĻাāĻŽ āύāĻā§°িāϞে āĻিā§āύো āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāύে āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻাāĻ āϞ’ā§°াāĻোāĻ āϤাā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŦāϞāĻোā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে । āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻিāύিā§ে āϤাāĻ āϤাā§° āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোāϧ āĻļিāĻাāĻŦ । āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽāϤে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώাāĻো āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ । āϏি āĻŦুāĻি āĻāĻ িāĻŦ āϝে āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাā§ী āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āύিāĻā§° āĻাāϞāĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻāϤঁā§°ি āϝোā§ąাāĻো āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ ।
Thinking about the Poem (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻাāĻŦা)
In pairs , attempt the following questions .
(āĻোāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽূāĻš āϤৈā§াā§° āĻā§°া)
1. Why does the poet say, " I would not intrude on him "? Why doesn't he offer him money to buy another ball? "
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻিā§ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, ‘’āĻŽāĻ āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻā§°া āύাāĻ’’ ? āϤেāĻঁ āĻিā§ āϞ’ā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻāύ āĻāĻা āĻŦāϞ āĻিāύি āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ
Answer: The poet says, ‘’ I would not intrude on him’’ become he does not want to intervene in the natural process of learning. He wants the boy to learn the morning of lass on his awn. He also does not after him money to buy another ball because that would be worthless. He wants the boy to learn the lesson of responsibility.
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ । āϤেāĻঁ āϤাā§° āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āύāϤুāύ āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোāϧ āĻļিāĻা āϏāĻŽā§āĻিāύিāϤ āĻŦাāϧা āĻšāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ । āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϏি āϝেāύ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦোāϧ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻঁāĻ । āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āϤাāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāϞ āĻিāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻĻিā§া āĻিā§āύো āĻāĻ āĻাā§°্āϝāĻ āϤাā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻোāύো āĻĒā§°িāĻŦā§°্āϤāύ āĻāύিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে । āϏি āĻĻাā§্āϤি্āĻŦ āĻļীāϞ āĻŦোā§ąাāĻো āϤেāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ ।
2. ‘’... staring down / All his young days into the harbour where / His ball went ... " Do you think the boy has had the ball for a long time ? Is it linked to the memories of days when he played with it ?
‘’… āϏি āĻā§°িāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° āϏুঁāĻŦā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝ’āϤ āϤাā§° āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ..’’āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦাāύে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāĻā§°ে āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŦুāϞি ? āĻ āϤাāĻ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻāĻĨা āϏোঁā§ąā§°াāĻ āύিāĻি ?
Answer: Yes, the boy has had the ball for a long time. When it burned into the water, all his memories of the days of childhood flashed in front of him. This led to realisation that those moments would not come back. Just like the ball. He can buy new balls and can similarly create new moments, but those that are gone would not return.
āĻšā§, āϞ⧰াāĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻšু āĻāĻā§°ে āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ । ā§েāϤিā§া āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻৈ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ । āϤাā§° āĻŽāύāϞৈ āĻļৈāĻļāĻŦā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°ে āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āĻাঁāĻšি āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ । āĻāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°াāĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āϝোā§ąা āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĒোā§ąাāĻো āĻŦā§° āϏāĻšāĻ āύāĻšā§ । āϏি āĻŦুāĻি āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŦāϞāĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° āϏি āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻাā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে ।
3. What does " in the world of possessions " mean ?
‘’āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻĻāĻāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী’’ āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻļাā§°ীā§ āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻে ?
Answer: ‘’In the world of possessions’’ means that the world is full of materialistic things. Here everything and every action is made to passes something, whether it is the possession of land, property, money, or any other thing. The poet suggests that loring a ball, which is very small thing, would make the boy understand what it is like to lase something that one possessed.
‘’āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻĻāĻāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻāύ’’ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে । āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤে āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āύāĻšā§ āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻ āϧিāĻাā§° āĻĨাāĻে । āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āϏেāĻ āϏ⧰ু āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώা āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϝে āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻিā§° āϏ্āĻĨাā§ী āύāĻšā§ ।
4. Do you think the boy has lost anything earlier ? Pick out the words that suggest the answer .
āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦাāύে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻāϤে āĻিāĻŦা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে āύে ? āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা ।
Answer: No the boy has last anything earlier. The words that suggest so are, ‘’He sense first responsibility in a world of possessions.
āύাāĻ āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻিāϞৈāĻৈ āĻোāύো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ ।
āϏি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻে, āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻļাā§°ীā§ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖিāϤ āĻā§°ে āϝে āϏি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽাā§° āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে ।
5. What does the poet say the boy is learning from the loss of the ball ? Try to explain this in your own words .
‘’āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻŦāϞāĻৌ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĒাāĻāĻে’’ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻā§াā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻি āĻ’āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে? āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώাā§°ে āϞিāĻা ।
Answer: The poet says that the boy is learning to cope up with the loss of the ball. He is experiencing grief, and learning to graw up in this world of passessions. He learns that there are many things in life that are lost and can not be brought back. He is sensing his first responsibility as he has lost the ball . The boy will learn how to stand up and leave the losses behind as he would have understood the true meaning and nature of loss.
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϞ’ā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻŦেāĻĻāύা āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāύ্āĻŽূāĻীāύ āĻš’āĻŦ āϞাāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦুāĻি āĻāĻ িāϞ । āϏি āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻিāϞে । āϏি āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোāϧ⧰ āĻ্āĻাāύ āĻĒাāĻāĻে । āϏি āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻš’āϞেāĻ āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦুāĻি āĻāĻ িāϞে ।
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