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FOG By: Carl Sandburg

FOG By: Carl Sandburg. The fog comes On little cat feet. It sits looking Over harbor and city On silent haunches And then moves on. Term 1: Personification Example: “It sits looking over harbor and city”

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FOG By: Carl Sandburg

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  1. FOG By: Carl Sandburg

  2. The fog comes On little cat feet. It sits looking Over harbor and city On silent haunches And then moves on.

  3. Term 1: Personification Example: “It sits looking over harbor and city” Explanation: Fog is described as if it was sitting and looking over harbor and city. Fog cannot look.

  4. Term 2: Metaphor Example: The fog comes on little cat feet Explanation: The fog does not walk but it is silent like cat feet.

  5. Term 3: Personification Example: The fog comes on little cat feet Explanation: Fog does not walk but it floats into the city.

  6. Question 1 Q. What mood does this poem present? A. Mysterious, Silent, Dark

  7. Question 2 Q. If the author were to change some of the words and substitute new ones in, would the mood of the poem be effected? How? A. Yes. It could create a happier mood but it also could stay the same.

  8. Question 3 Q. Read the information provided about the author. Does any of this information relate to why he might have wrote this poem? Page 660 A. Yes. Carl lived by the steel mills which could have influenced his thought of fog and smoke.

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