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Question 1:
(i) What
does Sandburg think the fog is like?
(ii) How
does the fog come?
(iii) What
does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
(iv) 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.
Answer:
(i)
According to Sandburg, the fog is like a cat.
(ii)
The fog comes on little cat feet.
(iii)
In the third line ‘it’ refers to the fog that has covered
the city and it seems as if it is looking over the city like a cat.
(iv)
No, the poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat.
However, he has used cat as a metaphor for describing the fog. He
says that the fog comes on its little cat feet, which implies that
the fog is like a cat as it comes slowly. He also says that the fog
looks over the harbour and the city and then moves on, implying that
the fog has covered the city and is sitting and looking at it,
thereby again comparing it to a cat. This is reiterated when he says
that the fog looks over the city sitting on ‘silent hunches’.
This also shows the reference to a cat as a cat always sits with its
knees bent. Hence, he has compared the fog to a cat without actually
saying so.
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Question 2:
You know
that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one
thing to the other (See Unit 1).
(i) Find
metaphors for the following words and complete the table below.
Also try
to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
| Storm | Tiger | Pounces over the fields, growls |
| Train | ||
| Fire | ||
| School | ||
| Home |
Answer:
(i)
|
Storm |
Tiger |
Pounces over the fields, growls |
|
Train |
Gush of wind |
Very fast movement |
|
Fire |
Anger |
Danger that surrounds both on the basis of their intensities |
|
School |
Gateway |
Leads to adulthood and a life of responsibility |
|
Home |
Nest |
Provides hospitable, loving environment |
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Question 3:
Does this
poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm
or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
Answer:
No, this
poem does not have a rhyme scheme. It is written in free verse.
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