Fog ,First Flight Class 10 English Notes Based On SEBA.

 

FOG

Carl Sandburg

 

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Word Meaning Of the Poem (Fog)

 

(i) Harbour – Port

(ii) Fog – Very thick mist

(iii) Haunches – Knees

(iv) Silent – Quiet

(v) Moves on – Disappear / goes on.

(vi) Flustered – Become nervous

(vii) Gobbled – Swallowed Hastily

 

Rhyme Word of the Poem (Fog)

 

(i) Feet – Seat

(ii) Silent – Violent

 

 

Question & Answer of the Poem (Fog)

 

Q1. What does Carl Sandburg think the fog is like?     

Ans: The poet Carl Sandburg think the fog is like a cat.

 

Q2. With which thing does the poet compare fog?

Ans: The poet Carl Sandburg compares fog with cat.

 

Q3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

Ans: In the third line the ‘it’ refers to the ‘fog’ which comes stealthily and silently like a cat in the world and then covers the world city and harbour.

 

Q4. 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: No, the poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat, but he uses the metaphor of cat for comparison as both of them have some similarities in features.

               Three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are:

                          (i) The fog comes to the world silently and covers the city like a cat that always walks on soft padded feet without making any sound.

                           (ii) The fog comes silently over the harbor and the city and looks over it just like a cat that seats on its haunches and looks around its surroundings.

                           (iii) The fogs moves on as silently as it come just like a cat.

 

 

Q5. Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.

Ans: This poem does not have a rhyme scheme as the sentences do not end with like sounds. There is no pattern of similarity in the sounds of the ending words of any of the sentences, therefore the poem is written in free verse.

 

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