Chapter 9 – Fog Questions and Answers: NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English (First Flight (Poetry))

Ques:

1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
2. How does the fog come?
3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to? CBSE 2012
4. 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. say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.

Answer:

1. Sandburg thinks that the fog is like a cat.
2. The fog comes silently like a cat on its small feet.
3. ‘It’ refers to fog.
4. 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.