The Kites — Flashcards

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The poem The Kites is written by Daphne Lister.

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The poem shows a child’s wish to fly high in the sky on a kite. It presents freedom, excitement, and the joy of imagining life above the ground.

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Kites are described like coloured birds in the wind-whipped sky. This comparison makes the kites seem lively, beautiful, and free.

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The speaker wishes to be small and light as air so that they can climb on a kite and sail up into the sky.

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It means very light, almost without weight. The speaker uses this idea to show the wish to rise easily into the sky on a kite.

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Paper wings means the kite’s thin paper parts that help it fly. The phrase gives the kite a bird-like feeling and adds beauty to the image.

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The wild wind is the strong moving air that carries the kite. The poem imagines that this wind has songs, which creates a musical and lively picture.

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The speaker says they would hear the songs that the wild wind sings. This is a personification because the wind is given the human action of singing.