Fog

Fog

Extract based questions:-

Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:
Question 1.
The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on. (1×4 = 4)
(a) The ‘it’ in these lines is ………….
(b) “It” has been compared to a ……………..
(c) The figure of speech used in these lines is …………
(d) Name the Poem and the Poet.
OR
(a) The fog is compared to ……………
(b) The fog sits looking over …………….
(c) The figure of speech used in these lines is ………..
(d) Name the Poem and its composer.
Answer:
(a) the fog.
(b) cat.
(c) Personification/Analogy
(d) The Poem ‘Fog’ is written by Carl Sandburg.
OR
(a) a cat.
(b) harbour and city.
(c) personification/Analogy
(d) The Poem ‘Fog’ has been composed by Carl Sandburg

Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words & 2 marks each)

Question 1.
What does Sandburg think the fog is like ? 
OR
What does the poet compare the fog to ?
Answer:
Carl Sandburg compares the fog to a cat. The metaphorical expression ‘on little cat feet’ implies that the fog approaches noiselessly and stealthily, just like a cat.

Question 2.
According to the poet in what respect is the fog similar to a cat ? Do you think the comparison made is appropriate ?
Answer:
The poet Carl Sandburg observes the analogy between the fog and the behaviour of a cat. The approach of the fog is silent and noiseless, stealthily advancing on its silent, ‘paws’. From a distance it seems like a cat on its haunches cautiously analysing its surroundings before it engulfs the entire city and the harbour in its folds.

Question 3.
What is the rhyming scheme in the poem ?
Answer:
The poem does not have a rhyming scheme. This style of poetry is called free verse.

Long Answer Type Question (4 marks each)

Question 1.
What does the poet want to convey through the poem ‘Fog’ ?
Answer:
The poet ‘Carl Sandburg” takes pleasure in nature. He states that when difficulties are faced by people, they become hopeless and shattered. It takes a lot of courage to overcome any problem and to solve it. The poet has compared difficulties to fog, he states that as fog comes and goes in the same manner difficulties come and go. Our should not loose hope and should be brave enough to face problems; rather find solutions as difficulties will soon disappear and leave soon.