Fog Poem, Class 10, English, First Flight Poem
Detailed summary and explanation of “fog” Poem along with meanings for difficult words is provided here. Also, NCERT Question and Answers are also provided to help students understand this Poem and do well in their exams.
Introduction
In this poem, the poet portrays nature by describing picture of fog. Carl Sandburg compares the fog to a cat. The fog approaches noiselessly and stealthily, just like a cat. Just as the cat sits on its haunches, the fog too seems to be sitting quietly, watching the harbour and the city and then quietly moves onwards.
Summary
In this poem, the poet has beautifully shown how the fog comes stealing forward just like a cat does. The poet Carl Sandburg gives a wonderful comparison between the fog and a kitten. When it arrives, it is so slow that you hardly notice it until you see or feel it. The same happens with the fog. Nobody can predict about the arrival of fog. Fog arrives quietly and engulfs the entire place and stay on for some time. It creates troubles for everyone but stays there. It is not aware of what is happening around it. Fog causes many hurdles and incidents but it does not stay at one place for a long time. As problems are over in due course of time, in the same manner fog also disappears and it becomes clear all around.
The fog comes
on little cat feet
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
and then moves on.
Explanation: The poet says that the fog comes silently like a cat that comes on its little feet. Further, the poet says that , just like a cat sits silently by folding her knees and looks around the nearby places and things, the fog also sits over the harbour and the city covering everything. Then, after sometime just like the cat moves on silently, the fog also disappears from the harbour and the city quietly.
Difficult Word Meanings
| Word | Meaning |
| harbour | port, the place where ships load and unload |
| haunches | hips |