Question

(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 1

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(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.

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• According to Carl Sandburg, the fog appears like a cat.
• The fog comes silently like a cat on its little feet.
• In the third line, the term ‘it’ refers to the fog that has covered the city like a thick blanket and it seemed to look over the city like a cat.
• No, the poet didn’t wish to convey the fog looked like a cat. He used the cat as a metaphor to describe the onset of the fog that covers the city. Here are some lines that describe it:
• The fog comes silently on its little cat feet.
• It looks over the harbour and city like a cat.
• Just like a cat, it sits on silent haunches and watches over the city.

Answer 2

Answer:

According to Carl Sandburg, the fog appears like a cat.

The fog comes silently like a cat on its little feet.

In the third line, the term ‘it’ refers to the fog that has covered the city like a thick blanket and it seemed to look over the city like a cat.

No, the poet didn’t wish to convey the fog looked like a cat. He used the cat as a metaphor to describe the onset of the fog that covers the city. Here are some lines that describe it:

The fog comes silently on its little cat feet.

It looks over the harbour and city like a cat.

Just like a cat, it sits on silent haunches and watches over the city.