Question

in the story the game of twilight What does Desai mean when she says the children “burst like seeds” into the veranda? What does this description convey?

Answer 1

Desai uses the simile of seeds bursting out from a pod for the children bursting out into the open from the forced confinement in the house to avoid the extreme summer heat.

Answer 2

It means that the kids ran out of the house with great velocity. when a seed pod bursts, it is not a slow and lazy process. It is like a gunshot, and the seed is propels out of the pod.