This is the beginning line of Zulfikar Ghose's poem Geography Lesson. It means that when the jet i.e. airplane sprang i.e took off in to the sky (went to height). Read summary of this poem.
This is the beginning line of Zulfikar Ghose’s poem Geography Lesson. It means that when the jet i.e. airplane sprang i.e took off in to the sky (went to height).
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Lucifer
Eagles cartwheeled above illuminations Of Independence Day, the dogs sniffed at The electric bulbs which sizzled like fat The tall grass the monsoons left on the mountains Was aflame like corn in the setting August sun Two stones collided, sparked. India began to burn. At Mahatma Gandhi' s prayer meRead more