NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight

Fog

Updated For 2024-2025
Exams

 

 

Thinking About
the Poem:

Q.1 (i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like?

Answer:
Sandburg thinks that the fog is like a cat. He compares the fog’s quiet and
stealthy movement to that of a cat, which approaches silently and sits still,
watching everything around it.

Q.1 (ii) How does the fog come?

Answer:
The fog comes slowly and silently, like a cat. It arrives on “little cat feet,”
moving in a way that is barely noticeable at first.

Q.1 (iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

Answer:
The word ‘it’ in the third line refers to the fog.

Q.1 (iv) Does the poet actually say that the fog is like
a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.

Answer:
No, the poet does not directly say that the fog is like a cat, but he implies
it through the following:

1. The fog comes on “little cat
   feet,” suggesting the silent, graceful movement of a cat.
2. The fog “sits looking over harbor
   and city,” much like a cat that sits quietly and observes its
   surroundings.
3. The fog moves on after sitting for
   a while, which can be compared to a cat that moves away after it has
   silently watched everything.

Q.2 You know that a metaphor compares two things by
transferring a feature of one thing to the other. (See Unit 1).

(i) Find
metaphors for the following words and complete the table below. Also try to say
how they are alike. The first is done for you.

Word	Metaphor	How they are alike
Storm	The storm is a tiger	The storm is fierce, powerful, and sudden like a tiger’s pounce.
Train	The train is a snake	The train is long and moves in a winding path like a snake.
Fire	Fire is a roaring lion	Fire is loud, dangerous, and consuming like a lion’s roar.
School	School is a garden	School helps students grow and develop like plants in a garden.
Home	Home is a sheltering tree	Home provides comfort, protection, and safety like a tree’s shade.

Q.2 (ii) Think about a storm. Try to visualize the force
of the storm, hear the sound of the storm, feel the power of the storm and the
sudden calm that happens afterwards. Write a poem about the storm comparing it
with an animal.

Answer:
Here’s a sample poem comparing a storm to a wild animal:

The storm is a
lion, fierce and strong,
Roaring through the night, where it belongs.
It pounces on the trees, shaking them awake,
Tearing through the skies, making the ground quake.

But then it
tires, its roar fades away,
The calm returns, the dawn brings a new day.
Like a lion at rest, it retreats to its lair,
Leaving the world at peace, calm and fair.

Q.3 Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does
not have an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.

Answer:
No, the poem “Fog” does not have a rhyme scheme. It is written
in free verse, where the lines do not rhyme, and there is no set rhythm.
The poem’s free verse style mirrors the smooth and natural way in which fog
moves, much like a cat’s quiet and unpredictable steps.