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Question
How does the poet describe the facts/journey or antics of a kite in the sky?
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Solution
A new kite looks bright on the blue sky. It takes a plunge and bends. It makes a cracking sound with its tail.
When a strong wind blows, it rides over it as does a ship on a tidal wave. But its activity becomes weak as the speed of the wind becomes slow. Then the thread controlling the kite becomes loose and one has to roll it back on the charkhi.
“The kite goes up in the sky as the breeze blows again. But this playful kite is badly torn when it gets stuck in the branches of a tree.
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