The poem "The Kites" is written by the poet Daphne Lister.
The poet compares the flying kites to colourful birds soaring in the wind-whipped sky.
The child wishes to become small and light as air to ride upon a kite.
Drifting on paper wings, the child wants to hear the songs sung by the wild wind.
From high above, the child imagines looking down over the park and the town rooftops.
People standing below would look up, stare, and wish they could fly in the sky.
A simile is a figure of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare objects.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words.
The poem uses alliteration in expressions such as "wild wind" and "stand and stare".
The repetition of the word "high" emphasizes that the kite is soaring at a great height.
A cinquain is a five-line poem that describes a person, a place, or a thing.
The main structural parts of a kite include the nose, spine, cover, line, and tail.
A reel is used by kite flyers to wrap, wind, and hold the kite line.
Thirteenth-century Marathi poet Namadeva mentioned in his verses that paper kites were called gudi.
Different kinds of kites include diamond-shaped kites, delta kites, box kites, parafoils, and rokkakus.