NCERT Solutions Class 10, English, First Flight, Poetry, Chapter- 6, Fog.
Thinking About the Poem
1. (i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
Solution:
Sandburg thinks that the fog is like a cat.
(ii) How does the fog come?
Solution:
The fog comes silently like a cat on its small feet.
(iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
Solution:
‘It’ refers to fog.
(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.
Solution:
The poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat, but he uses the metaphor of cat for comparison.
Three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are:
- It comes silently like a cat on its small feet.
- It looks over like a cat.
- It sits on its haunches like a cat.
2. You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other (See Unit 1). (i) Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below. Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
| Storm |
tiger |
pounces over the fields, growls |
| Train |
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| Fire |
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| School |
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| Home |
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Solution:
| Storm |
tiger |
pounces over the fields, growls |
| Train |
Gush of wind |
Very fast movement |
| Fire |
Anger |
Danger that surrounds both on the basis of their intensities |
| School |
Gateway |
Leads to adulthood and a life of responsibility |
| Home |
Nest |
Provides hospitable, loving environment |
3. Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
Solution:
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.
