ABOUT THE POET (06.01.1878- 22.07.1967) : Carl August Sandburg an eminent
poet, editor and writer, won three Pulitzer Prizes. Two for his
poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his
lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary
literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920). He
enjoyed a unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day. It is said the breadth of his
experiences connected him with so many strands of American life.
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
SUBSTANCE: Fog, a very small poem written by Carl Sandburg
has described craft fully the how the fog arrives into a city and the harbour.
Here we find a very beautifully comparison The poet gives a pen picture how the fog approaches in a very silent manner 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
and it compared to that of a cat because a cat always enters a place silently.
Then we see the fog covers the whole of the city and harbor. It
looks as if it is sitting by folding its legs and looking around with a very common
poster of a cat siting on the haunches and looking around. At the end, the silent
departure of the fog is mentioned which is similar to the departure of the cat.
NCERT TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS:
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1.
What poetic devise is used in the poem? How it
is used explain briefly.
2.
Narrate what are the similarities found between
Fog and the Cat?
3.
Describe the picture of Nature drawn by Carl
Sandburg in his poem Fog.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1.
Write about the central idea of the poem.
2.
Justify the title of the poem.
3.
What is the message given by the poet in this poem?
4.
How does the poet describe the Fog in the poem?
Is it described as a living being? How?
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