The ball poem conveys the importance of braving loss. Discuss
The poet sees this little boy one day when he has just lost his ball. The loss of his ball is teaching him that in life, we often lose things and they cannot be easily replaced.The central idea behind the poem is an awareness of the pain of loss and the courage it takes to accept it. The boy loses his favourite ball and is very upset. He can easily buy another ball but more than money or the new ball, it is pain of losing the old one that matters the most.