Cricket Ball is a poem written in 1935 about a Cricket match that Abse went to in 1935.
Stanza 1
Stanza 1 describes how he went to see Glamorgan play Cricket and how that his favorite player was Slogger. He describes how he likes him because he is different to other players and is not the most famous player there.
Stanza 2 & 3
When the first mentioned ball is struck, it is symbolic of change in the poem because pathetic fallacy is used to describe the sudden strike of the ball for six. "and suddenly the sound of summer". This could also be symbolic of how the match may have been boring until this point when the ball is hit a good distance. Furthermore in the third stanza, the journey of the ball is described until it reaches an abrupt stop in the hotel over the road. "to crash they said, through a discreet Angel Hotel windowpane. This could also be symbolic because "they said" shows that no one is truly sure of where it went.
Don't forget to think of which Larkin poem this could link with. Check out the other blogs as well for any poems you are not 100% sure of.
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