Literary notes about kite (AI summary)
In literature, the word “kite” is imbued with multiple layers of meaning that range from a literal bird to a symbol of human ingenuity and freedom. In some works, it appears as a living creature endowed with human traits or emotions—for instance, a speaking kite that boasts of its strength or a troubled kite expressing sorrow ([1], [2], [3]). In other contexts, the kite is portrayed as a playful contrivance and an emblem of adventure, whether as a child's toy inspiring endless joy ([4], [5]) or as an instrument pivotal to scientific discovery ([6]). Moreover, its presence often functions metaphorically to reflect broader themes, such as ambition and the balance between freedom and restraint, reinforcing its enduring symbolic resonance in literary imagination ([7], [8], [9]).
- “Take me,” returned the Kite, “I am much stronger than you are.”
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - The Sick Kite A KITE, sick unto death, said to his mother: “O Mother!
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - The Kite, soaring aloft into the air, brought back the shabbiest possible mouse, stinking from the length of time it had lain about the fields.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - A freed kite sails over the roofs; there is great fun in catching it.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - I wonder if I should blossom out half as well as you have, if I tried it?" said Jo, as she constructed a kite for Demi, in the topsy-turvy nursery.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott - "This was May 10th, 1752, one month before Franklin flew his famous kite at Philadelphia and proved the fact himself.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin - Yet, returned Panurge, I saw but even now a pretty kind of a cooing abbess-kite as white as a dove, and her I had rather ride than lead.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais - Now my life on the veld has given me the eyes of a kite, and I can see things for which most men need a telescope ...
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - And yet—and yet—one's kite will rise on the wind as far as ever one has string to let it go.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence