CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Fog comes quietly and stealthily like a cat. Fog sits looking over the harbour like a cat does. Then it moves to settle somewhere else. Just as cat doesn’t settle at one place and in the same way fog keeps on moving and finally vanishes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (i) The fog comes slowly and silently like a cat. (ii) The cat sits on its haunches for some time looking around and then moves away as it came. (iii) Similarly, the fog spreads over the harbour and city for some time. Finally, it moves away like a cat.

Detailed explanation-3: -v. Imagery-The poet has given us the visual description of the fog in the entire poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Basically, fog forms when warm air meets colder air. When this happens, water vapor in the air-a gas-is cooled enough for the gas to turn to a liquid in the form of tiny water droplets. This process is called “condensation."