1. CLASS VI - ENGLISH
POEM 2.
THE KITE
PREPARED BY
KINJAL SOLANKI
TGT ENGLISH
K V AFS WADSAR
2. HARRY BEHN
Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 –
September 6, 1973) was an
American screenwriter and children's
author.
He was involved in writing scenes and
continuities for a number of screenplays,
including the war film The Big Parade in
1925, and Hell's Angels. He graduated
from Harvard University in 1922.
3. ENLISTING NAMES OF SOME FESTIVALS
JANMASHTAMI
RAMZAN EID
NAVRATRI
CHRISTMAS
PARYUSHAN
ADD MORE NAMES..
9. •The poem describes a kite and its
different actions. The poem compares
the kite with a ship and also describes
how bad it looks when it is torn.
10. The kite looks bright when it is new. It
flies high and rides on the waves of wind like
a ship. It goes up and falls down with the
wind. You have to wait till wind is there again.
When a kite is trapped on a tree, it looks very
poor and helpless.
11. • The Kite
How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it’s new!
With a dive and a dip
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
As over tides
Of wind it rides,
Climbs to the crest
Of a gust and pulls,
SUMMARY:
A kite looks bright in the sky when you fly it, if it is
new. It dives like a child from a chair on the floor or
a swimmer in the swimming pool. The kite dives or
plunges into the air when it is high up the sky. It also
takes a dip as if in water. Just as devotees takes a
deep in a holy river, the kite takes a dip in the air.
Due to the wind, its tail keeps flapping. Then it flies
high as if a ship riding on waves of sea. The kite
rides on the waves of the wind. You may find the
pattern of wind waves in the sand of a desert. Then
the kite climbs on the top of the strong wind and
pulls its string upwards. As if a monkey climbs the
top of the tree, the kite climbs the strong wind.
12. Then seems to rest As wind
falls.
When string goes slack
You wind it back
And run until
A new breeze blows
And its wings fill
And up it goes!
SUMMARY:
Then as the wind stops
blowing, it falls down as the
thread gets loose. You have to
wind the thread back and wait
breeze starts blowing again.
Then it would go up in the sky
again. Its wings gets filled with
the wind..
13. How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it’s new!
But a raggeder thing
You never will see
When it flaps on a string
In the top of a tree.
HARRY BEHN
SUMMARY:
And it looks new in the sky
again. But it looks so
miserable when it gets
trapped on the top of a
tree and gets torn. It keeps
flapping on a string.
14. Domestic : pet
Kinsman : a relative
Fierce : violent
Take up service with : become servant of
Darted : moved quickly
Come over you : affected you
Dared : to be brave
Cliff: a high rock
18. Name the poem and the poet.
When does the kite look bright?
What is referred to as blue in the poem?
What is the kite compared to?
Name some actions of the kite in the sky.
When does the kite fall down? What do you do then?
When does the kite look miserable?
On which festival people enjoy kite flying? When do we celebrate
it?
19. Write down the textual exercise.
Prepare a project on different types of kites.
Collect information and pictures of A kite flying
festival.
Write an essay on ‘The kite flying festival’.
Make a kite on your own and paste it in your copy.
