Question

перевод стихаI often sit and wish that I Could be a kite up in the sky; And ride upon the breeze and go Whichever way I chanced to blow. Then I could look beyond the town, And see the river winding down, And follow all the ships that sail Like me before the merry gale, Until at last with them I came To some place with a foreign name.

Answer 1

Я часто сижу и мечтаю что я
мог бы быть воздушным змеем в небе;
и ездить на лёгком ветерке и ходить
(летать) везде,куда бы он не подул.
потом я мог бы смотреть сверху на город,
и видеть как вьется (извивается)река,
и следовать за всеми кораблями,которые плывут,
как я перед веселым ветерком,
до тех пор,пока я с ними не приду(прилечу)к какому-то месту с иностранным названием.

Answer 2

The translation from Russian to English of the phrase "Ответь подробно." is "Answer in detail."

The poem that follows the phrase is called "A Kite" and it was written by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860-1916), an American poet and professor of literature. The poem is about the speaker's wish to be a kite and fly freely in the sky, seeing different places and things. The poem has a rhyme scheme of AABB and uses imagery and personification to create a vivid picture of the kite's journey.

Here is the full poem in English:

A Kite

I often sit and wish that I Could be a kite up in the sky, And ride upon the breeze and go Whichever way I chanced to blow.

Then I could look beyond the town, And see the river winding down, And follow all the ships that sail Like me before the merry gale,

Until at last with them I came To some place with a foreign name.