Crossword

3. The philosophical study of knowledge, hinted at in the poem's deeper meaning. (13 letters)
5. What the boy might do as he realizes the loss. (5 letters)
8. What the boy experiences as he contemplates the loss. (10 letters)
10. The key theme of the poem. (4 letters)
11. Lacking something that was lost, like the boy without his ball. (8 letters)
13. The small amount of money that can’t replace the lost ball. (4 letters)
14. The place near the water where the ball is lost. (6 letters)
15. The action the boy takes as he watches the ball disappear. (6 letters)
16. The emotion the boy feels after losing his ball. (5 letters)
17. What the boy will carry with him after losing the ball. (6 letters)
20. The things one owns, symbolized by the ball. (11 letters)
21. The final realization the boy comes to. (8 letters)
22. Shaking or quivering, as the boy might be after the loss. (9 letters)
24. How the ball bounces before it is lost. (7 letters)

1. A predetermined course of events, related to the boy’s loss. (4 letters)
2. What life does to the boy through this experience. (5 letters)
4. What the boy tries to make of his loss. (5 letters)
6. What cannot replace the value of the ball. (5 letters)
7. A brief period when the ball is lost, but significant in the poem. (6 letters)
9. The process the boy goes through after losing the ball. (8 letters)
12. The burden the boy learns to bear after the loss. (14 letters)
13. To remove from the usual position, as the ball is from the boy. (8 letters)
18. The age of the boy in the poem. (5 letters)
19. Impossible to get back, like the lost ball. (13 letters)
23. A round object that is central to the poem’s theme. (4 letters)