Summary of The Kite Poem by Daya Dissanayake

Kite by Daya Dissanayake is a twenty-two-line poem. One stanza poem doesn’t focus on the rhyme scheme but the length of the lines and the style of the language bring out the meaning successfully. The poem describes a child’s effort to fly a kite in a polluted atmosphere in his town.  The poet describes the beauty of nature and the floating kite over the fruit trees and golden-green fields of rice. Soon the poet turns the readers to feel the condition of the town.  The small child is in a ragged pair of shorts.  The kite is made of a plastic bag and the sky is covered with factory smoke.  The child is playing in the streets filled with garbage and blocked drains.