Fog Poem
1.The poet actually says that the fog is like a cat”, With reference to the poem,
‘Fog’ explain this statement.
The fog is compared to a cat. He says a cat does not make a sound when it walks
so also is the fog. But its presence is apparent. Its ‘Silence’ is very much like that
of a cat moving on its little feet. The way the fog sits is very much like a cat sitting
on its haunches, looking here and there.
2.How does the poet make the fog like a living creature?
The poet describes the fog as a cat. He does so through a metaphor. The fog is the
cat itself. As a cat jumps and lights on its soft silently, the fog also comes down
noiselessly. Then it moves on like a cat.
3. How is the fog like a cat? What three things suggest it?
Answer: Three things suggest that the fog is like a cat. Like a cat, the fog comes
silently. The fog is looking over the harbour and the city like a cat does so sitting
on its haunches. Thirdly, it moves as the cat moves.
4. How does the poet employ the double imagery of the fog and the cat?
The poetic device of metaphor is very effectively used in the poem. The fog is
converted into a cat and the cat is morphed back into the fog. The silent arrival of
the fog is like a little cat. The fog stays there sitting like the cat on its haunches.
5.Describe the similarities that have been mentioned in the poem between the
fog and a cat.
It is a dual image that changes and merges again in the original. The fog changes
into a cat and the cat changes into the fog. Both of them come silently unseen and
suddenly. Both engulf everything underneath them. The fog engulfs everything, the
harbour and the city in its fold. The fog sits silently as a cat sits on its haunches.
Then it disappears and moves ahead.
