How does “The Ball Poem” by John Berryman explore the theme of loss and its profound impact on an individual's emotional state and perception of the…

epistemology/ feeling of loss/ loss and grief – poem deals with profound grief experienced by the boy. isolation and fixation/inevitability of loss – portrays the boy’s isolation in his grief fixation on the lost object and cannot easily move past it. emotional depth – symbolizes finality / irreversibility of loss/ deepening the boy’s sorrow/understand responsibility and his failure to be responsible. reflection on loss/money is external and can’t compensate for emotions reflection on the universal human experience of loss