Poem: Fog (Class 10 English)

• Introduction & Poet
  • Poet: Carl Sandburg
  • Genre: Nature Poem / Free Verse
  • Central Idea: Natural phenomenon compared to a living creature
• The Metaphor: Cat Analogy
  • Arrival of Fog
    • Comes "on little cat feet"
    • Silent and stealthy approach
    • Unnoticed entry into the city
  • Physical Posture
    • Sits "looking over harbor and city"
    • Observation stance of a resting cat
    • Covers the landscape like a blanket
  • Departure
    • Moves on silently
    • Unpredictable exit
• Poetic Devices
  • Metaphor
    • Fog directly compared to a cat (Implicit comparison)
  • Enjambment
    • Running lines without punctuation (continuous flow)
  • Personification
    • Fog given living qualities (comes, looks, sits, moves)
• Themes & Imagery
  • Silent progression of time and weather
  • Urban landscape merging with nature
  • Visual imagery of a cat and a foggy harbor