CLASS 10
FOG
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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can do many things
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does many things over and over
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is important to the lives of the people
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is an unusual occurrence of weather
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the poem ‘Fog’, the poet uses an interesting metaphor to describe an element of nature. He indirectly compares fog to a cat by presenting the idea that the movements of the fog are much like that of a cat. It enters a city silently without letting anyone know, just like the stealthy movement of a cat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The poet compares the fog to a cat. The silent steps of a cat and the way it sits on its haunches is very similar to the way fog comes and surrounds the city and looks over it.
Detailed explanation-3: -He says that the fog comes on its little cat feet, which implies that the fog is like a cat as it comes slowly. He also says that the fog looks over the harbour and the city and then moves on, implying that the fog has covered the city and is sitting and looking at it, thereby again comparing it to a cat.
Detailed explanation-4: -How does the poet make the fog like a living creature? Ans. The poet describes the fog as a cat. He does so through a metaphor.