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How is the lost ball the metaphor of the lost childhood of the boy ? Why doesn't the poet want to intrude on the boy by offering him money to buy another ball ?
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Gaurav Seth 5 years, 2 months ago

The poet says "I will not intrude on him" because the boy, for the first time in his life, experiences the grief of losing a much loved possession-his ball. He does not want to disturb the boy as he wants him to feel what it is like to lose something. The poet wants him to be able to cope with his loss.

 

 

He does not offer him 'money' to buy another ball because he wants the boy to understand that money cannot buy everything. He wants him be responsible enough to let go off things and move on in life. Once something is lost, it may never be restored. This realisation will help him have a mature outlook towards life.

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