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    The fog comes on little cat feet, approaching the city and harbor silently like a cat. It sits looking over the area on silent haunches as if perched, covering the landscape, before moving on unpredictably as a cat might.

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    Fog

    BY CAR L S ANDBURG
    The fog comes
    on little cat feet.

    It sits looking
    over harbor and city
    on silent haunches
    and then moves on

    Summary of the Poem


    The poet says that the fog which is generally seen during the winter season is
    coming towards the city and the harbour just like a cat. This means that it is
    approaching the city in a very silent manner so that no one can notice its
    arrival. He has compared its arrival to that of a cat because a cat always
    enters a place silently. Next he says that the fog has covered the whole of the
    city and harbour and it appears as if it is sitting by folding its legs and looking
    around just the way a cat does when it sits on the haunches and looks around.
    At the end, he describes the departure of the fog which very silently and
    unpredictably, again, similar to the departure of the cat, vanishes.

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    Fog Poem and Explanation

    The fog comes


    on little cat feet.
    It sits looking
    over harbour and city
    on silent haunches
    and then moves on.
    Fog: It is a thick cloud of tiny water droplets present in the atmosphere,
    especially in winter.
    Harbour; Port, dock
    on haunches: sitting with knees bent
    The poet is describing fog. Fog is a thick cloud of tiny water droplets present
    in the atmosphere. It is generally seen during the winter season. Here the poet
    describes the advancement of fog towards the city and the harbour. He says
    the fog comes like a cat comes on its little feet. This means the fog advances
    towards the city very slowly and calmly just like a cat. One never knows how
    and when the fog will enter the city. Therefore, fog is compared to the cat
    which enters our home in an unpredictable manner. Next he says that the fog
    sits over the whole of the city as a cat sits silently by folding her legs behind
    itself and looks around the nearby places and things. Similarly, it seems that
    the fog silently covers the whole of the city and the harbour and is sitting over
    them looking around like a cat. After a while the fog leaves the city and moves
    on. The poet says so because it is a natural phenomenon that fog does not
    stay at a place for long and leaves the place after a few hours. So, here also
    the poet says that just like a cat, the fog leaves the place very silently without
    being noticed by anyone.
    Literary devices:
    Metaphor: Fog is compared to cat (On little cat feet)
    Rhyme scheme: There is no rhyme scheme followed. Poem is in free verse
    Enjambment: When a sentence continues to next line (It sits looking….. then
    moves on)
    Personfication: fog has been personified - Fog comes, it sits

    Fog Class 10 Poem Question and Answers


    Q1-
    1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
    Ans- Sandburg thinks the fog is like a cat that comes silently so that no one
    can sense it arrival.
    2. How does the fog come?
    Ans- As per the poet the fog comes very silently like a cat.
    3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
    Ans- ‘It’ refers to the fog
    4. Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that
    tell us that the fog is like a cat.
    Ans- The three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are as follows:

    i.The fog comes on its little cat feet: This means that the fog enters silently just
    like cat.
    ii. It sits looking over harbour and city: The fog is compared to cat as cats also
    like to sit and look here and there and fog is also looking while it sits over the
    city.
    iii. On silent haunches and then moves on: The fog sits on her bended legs just
    like cat and then moves away very quickly and silently, just like a cat.
    Q2- Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have and
    obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
    Ans- There is no rhyme scheme in the poem. It has neither internal nor
    external rhyme scheme. Hence, we can say that it is in free verse.

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