'Fog' Imp. Question & Answer. by P.B.
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Very Short Type Questions : Mark : 1
1. Choose the correct alternative:
(a) The
poem “Fog” was written by
(i)
Robert Frost
(ii) Carl
Sandburg
(iii)
Walt Whitman.
Ans:
(ii) Carl Sandburg.
(b) The
fog is compared to
(i) cat
(ii) dog
(iii)
man.
Ans:
(i) cat
- Who
wrote the poem, “Fog”?
Ans:
Carl Sandburg wrote the poem, “Fog”.
- How
does the fog come?
Ans:
The fog comes silently as if on little cat feet.
- What
does the poet think the fog is like?
Ans:
The poet thinks the fog is like a cat.
- Does
the poet actually say the fog is like a cat?
Ans:
No. The poet actually uses metaphor to show resemblance between the coming of a
cat and the fog.
2.Short Type Questions : Marks : 2/3
- How
does the poet describe the fog as if it were a living being?
Ans:
The poet says that the fog comes ‘on little cat feet’. He also says that the
fog ‘sits looking over harbour and city and then moves on’. To show resemblance
between the fog and a cat, the poet uses such metaphorical language that the
fog is described as if it were a living being.
- Name
the three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.
Ans:
The three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are – (i) the fog is
said to come on ‘little cat feet’, (ii) it ‘sits looking’, and (iii) It ‘moves
on’.
- How
is the fog like a cat? What poetic device is used by the poet here?
Ans:
The fog comes silently just like a cat does. It ‘sits’ i.e. stays looking over
the harbour and the city and then ‘moves on’ like a cat.
The
poetic device used by the poet here is ‘metaphor’.
- “The
fog comes
On little
cat feet.
It sits
looking
Over
harbour and city
And then
moves on.”
(a) Name
the poet and the poem.
Ans:
The name of the poet is Carl Sandburg and the poem is “Fog”.
(b) Who
is ‘it’ referred to in the third line?
Ans:
‘It’ referred to in the third line is the fog.
(c) With
what is the fog compared?
Ans:
The fog is compared with a cat.
5.What
is very much specific about the fog?
Ans1)
The fog is a natural phenomenon. It falls during the winter season on the cold
and chilly weather. It comes suddenly and moves away very silently. It does not
spare anyone- the city, the tree or the harbour.
6.
What does the poet compare the fog with?
Ans2)
The poet compares the fog with a cat. Like cat it arrives suddenly. It leaps
over
its prey giving it no chance of safety. And
then it moves away silently.
7.What
is the central theme of the poem ‘Fog’?
Ans3)
A fog comes silently and moves away silently. We should learn a lesson from it.
We should indulge in our duty without being loud or any disturbance for others.
God Bless You All