I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over-there it is in the water! No use to say 'Othere are other balls': An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down All his young days into the harbour where His ball went
The poet feels that there is no point consoling the boy as:

Options

A. it would give him false hope.
B. he might demand for a new ball.
C. it might distress him further.
D. whatever he has lost, is irretrievable.

Answer

D

Explanation

The ball has gone down the alley and it is impossible to find the ball back in the vast water body where it has fallen.