The poem fog 10th class NCERT

Let's read the summary of the poem fog

About the poet:

Carl sandburg was an American poet biography biography journalist and editor. He surprises won two for poetries and one for his  biography of Abraham Lincoln.

• In this poem, the writer is describing the coming of fog. He is comparing fog with cat .He is   personified fog.He says that it comes like a cat very silently and slowly ,then it sits on its
• haunches like a cat and looks over harbour and city ,and at last very silently and slowly it moves on.

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• Important question answers of this poem

Read the stanza and find out the answer of the following questions

• The fog comes
• On little cat feet.
• It sits looking
• Over harbour and City
• On silent  hunches 
• and then moveon move on.
• Answer the following questions.

• Word meaning
• 1. Harbour-shelter of ships.
• 2. Haunches- sitting on knees.

• 1. Name the poem and the poet?
• Answer -the name of the poem is folk and the name of the poet is Carl sandburg.

• 2. How does the fog come?
• Answer- Fog comes very slowly and silently like a cat.

3. What is the fog compared to?

Answer. The fog is compared to a cat.

4. What is 'it 'stands for in third line of the poem?

Answer. 'It 'stands for the fog.

5. What does the fog look?

Answer. The fog looks over harbour and city.

6. Does this poem have a rhyming scheme?

Answer. No ,this poem does not have any rhyming scheme. It is written in free verse.

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