NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 5 The Kites
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I Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True
or False
Answer
The child is looking at the kites. – True
The kites look like birds of different colours. – True
It was a rainy day. – False
The child wants to be like a kite. – True
The child wishes to climb on a kite. – True
The kite is made of cloth and plastic. – False
The child wants to ride the kite. – True
The child knows they would have fun. – True
The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop. – False
The child would like to look at people down below. – True
The child knows that the people would stare. – True.
II Complete the following sentences.
1. The poet says that the kites are like coloured birds –
See the kites fly/Like coloured birds in the sky.
The kites have been compared to b __ __ __ __ because they
______________.
2. The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light
as air.
The child wishes to be as l __ __ __ t as __ __ __. The child wishes this
to be able to c __ __ m __ on a kite and fly.
The poet uses simile in 1 and 2 to compare the kites with coloured birds and the quality of being light as air. The poet uses ‘like’ and ‘as’ to compare.
Do you think that the use of simile in this poem helps us imagine better when we read the poem? Share your thoughts with your teacher and classmates.
Answer
(a) The kites have been compared to birds because they fly high and look colourful.
(b) The child wishes to be as light as air. The child wishes this to be able to climb on a kite and fly.
(c) Yes, the use of simile in the poem helps us imagine the kites as colourful birds and the child being as light as air, enhancing our visualization of the scenes described in the poem.
III Find a set of words from the poem that begin with the same consonant
sound.
Stanza 1
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
Answer:
Stanza 1: wild – wind
Stanza 3
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
This is called alliteration. For example, big bright blue bag, funny fan,
etc.
Create 4 other sets of words using alliteration.
Answer:
Stanza 3: stand – stare
Others: fly – flare
Alliteration Examples:
- Bouncing balloon, bright bird
- Dusty dawn, dreamy days
- Sweet smiles, silver star
- Calm cat, crisp crackers
IV In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are __________,
__________ to tell us that the kite is flying __ __ __ y high.
Answer
high, high, very
V Study each stanza and underline the rhyming words from the end of
each line. Also, circle the end words in the stanzas that do not rhyme.
Answer
(1) fly, sky
(2) air, there
(3) wings, sings
(4) down, town
(5) stare, air
Let us think and reflect
Question 1.
Read the given lines from the poem and answer the following questions.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
(a) Circle the word that does not share the same feeling as ‘fun’:
joy, excitement, care, happiness.
Answer:
Care
(b) Which line tells us that the poet was somewhere above?
Answer:
To look right down
(c) Choose the scene the child saw.
Answer the following questions.
(a) How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
Answer:
As coloured birds in the wind-whipped sky.
(b) Why does the child say that they have to climb a tree first to get onto the kite?
Answer:
Because they wish to reach the kite high up in the sky and imagine themselves climbing onto it like a branch.
(c) What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the kite?
Answer:
The songs that the wild wind sings.
(d) Why did the people look up at the child and stare? If you looked up and saw that, what feelings would you have?
Answer:
Because the child is flying on a kite high in the sky. I would feel surprised and amazed.
(e) If you were the kite carrying the child high up in the air, what would you tell them?
Answer:
I would say, “Hold tight, let’s touch the clouds and dance with the wind!”
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