A new kite looks very bright and beautiful in the clear blue sky. The kite jumps in the air and moves up in the blue sky. It shakes its tail with a noise caused by air. It soars high like a ship in the air with only one sail. It moves upward in the air as a ship rides in the strong wave of the sea.
It moves along with the wind, when the wind falls the kite takes rest. When the string from which it is attached goes loose, the person who is controlling the kite, has to roll back the string. The kite has to come back to the ground. It has to wait for the wind to below and move high in the sky again. The movement of the kite depends on the wind.
But, the kite flutters when the string of the kite caught with the branches of a tree. The master of the kite could no longer control the kite and its string. The same bright kite looks dirty and torn as it gets trapped and could no longer move upward in the air.
Stanza 1
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.
Explanation: In the above lines, the poet has given a description about a new kite. It looks magnificent in the clear sky. It moves from one place to another, diving and dipping in the sky. During its movement, the kite makes noise through its tail. The kite has only one sail to catch the wind. Its tail acts as a sail.
Stanza 2
As over tides
Of wind it rides,
Climbs to the crest
Of a gust and pulls,
Then seems to rest
As wind falls.
When string goes slack
You wind it back
Explanation: The poet says that the kite rides high in the air. It reaches at the top spot when the air current is strong. The kite takes rest when the wind falls. Therefore, its movement is being determined by the wind. When the wind is strong, it will rise higher. When the wind is weak, it will take rest. When its thread get loose, the person who is handling the kite rolls back the thread and control the movement of the kite.
Stanza 3
And run until
A new breeze blows
And its wings fill
And up it goes!
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
Explanation: The poet says that the person, who handles the kite has to wait for the wind to below. The kite moves up with the help of the wind. The same kite, which looks bright in the sky when it is new, appears ugly when it is torn out. It looks dirty and unattractive after it gets trapped in the branches of a tree. Therefore, the movement of the air decides the fate of the kite.