NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 5 The Kites

 NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 5 The Kites

Let us discuss
I Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True or False

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. 

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?
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. 

IV In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are __________, __________ to tell us that the kite is flying __ __ __ y high. 

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.