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Chapter 8: Fog
📖 Poem
Class 10
✍️ Carl Sandburg
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This is a very short poem of just 6 lines. The poet compares the fog to a cat. Like a cat, the fog comes silently on little cat feet, sits looking over the harbour and city, and then moves on. This simple metaphor makes the fog come alive as a living creature.
📖 NCERT Chapter — First Flight
✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions
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Comprehension Check
4 Q
Q1.
What does the poet compare the fog to?
Ans: The poet compares the fog to a cat.
Q2.
How does the fog come?
Ans: Silently on little cat feet.
Q3.
What does the fog do before moving on?
Ans: It sits looking over the harbour and the city.
Q4.
What is the poem's length?
Ans: Just 6 lines.
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Thinking about the Poem
2 Q
Q1.
What is the main literary device?
Ans: Extended metaphor — the fog is compared to a cat throughout.
Q2.
What is the effect of the comparison?
Ans: It makes the fog come alive as a living, silent creature.
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Literary Devices
3 Q
Q1.
Identify metaphor.
Ans: The fog is directly compared to a cat.
Q2.
Identify imagery.
Ans: Visual imagery — fog sitting on silent haunches.
Q3.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Ans: Free verse — no rhyme scheme.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. How does the poet make the fog come alive?
By comparing it to a cat, the poet gives the fog movement and personality.
Q2. What does the fog do over the harbour?
It sits silently like a cat on its haunches, looking over the harbour and city.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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2024
Q1. Why does the poet compare fog to a cat?
Because both move silently and have a mysterious presence.
2023
Q2. What is the central metaphor?
The fog is compared to a cat, showing its silent movement.
2022
Q3. What does the fog do on the harbour?
It sits looking over the harbour on silent haunches, then moves on.
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This is a very short poem about fog.
यह कोहरे के बारे में एक बहुत छोटी कविता है।
The poet compares the fog to a cat.
कवि कोहरे की तुलना बिल्ली से करता है।
Like a cat, the fog comes silently.
बिल्ली की तरह, कोहरा चुपचाप आता है।
It sits looking over the harbour and city.
यह बंदरगाह और शहर को देखते हुए बैठता है।
Then it moves on silently.
फिर यह चुपचाप आगे बढ़ जाता है।
The metaphor brings the fog alive.
रूपक कोहरे को जीवित बना देता है।