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Question 1:
(i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
(ii) How does the fog come?
(iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
(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:
Question 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.
Storm | tiger | pounces over the fields, growls |
Train | ||
Fire | ||
School | ||
Home |
Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
(ii) Think about a storm. Try to visualise 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:
(i)
Storm | tiger | pounces over the fields, growls |
Train | wind | moves swiftly with a rushing sound |
Fire | sun | full of light and energy |
School | temple | teaches moral values and virtues of life |
Home | nest | provides hospitable and comfortable shelter to live with near and dear ones |
(ii) Activity to be done by yourself.
(Note: Students can write this answer as per their personal experiences.)
Question 3:
Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
Answer:
No, this poem does not have a rhyme scheme as the sentences do not have rhyme-like sounds. It is written in free verse that has no set pattern of rhyming words towards the end of each sentence.