Fog Summary

Fog Summary Class 10 English 

 A poem Tog’ the poet Carl Sandburg has portrayed nature and its silent working. To prove his point the poet gives a comparison of the fog and a cat. The poet says that the fog comes silently and slowly like a cat. When it comes it does not disturb us. It sits silently as a cat does. It goes on falling and looking silently over harbor and city. (Then it moves on all at once with a gust of wind)

Tog’ is probably Carl Sandburg’s best-known poem. It was first published in ‘Chicago Poems’ in 1916. ‘Fog’ is a poem that reflects Sandburg’s interest in the natural world. The poet beautifully captures those moments when the fog came moving in over the harbor waters. The poet gives a powerful image of the fog through a metaphorical cat. The poet sees the fog as a cat that comes on its tiny, silent feet, as cats do while they are stalking. Like a cat, the fog slips and slides in silently. The poem contains the dual imagery of the fog and the cat, the fog turning into a cat and the cat morphing back into the fog. The poet is introducing the idea that the fog is alive and an entity. Please refer Fog Summary for more revision notes.