Class 10 English Poem 9 Solution – Fog by Carl Sandburg | SEBA Assam

Class 10 English Poem 9 – Fog – All Textual Solutions | ASSEB Assam (English Medium)

Class 10 English Poem 9 – Fog Complete Textual Question Answers and Solutions (ASSEB / SEBA Assam – English Medium)

The ninth poem of the Class 10 English textbook ‘First Flight’, titled ‘Fog’ by the famous American poet Carl Sandburg, is a short yet beautifully descriptive piece. Based on the latest guidelines of the new ASSEB (Assam State School Education Board) syllabus and the New Education Policy (NEP) for upcoming board exams, we have prepared complete textual question answers and solutions for this poem. This special compilation includes very short answers (VSA), short questions, long answers, and poetic device explanations. At Ospin Academy, these solutions are provided in an easy, accurate, and completely exam-oriented format.

In this brief, six-line poem, Sandburg masterfully uses an extended metaphor to compare the fog to a little cat. He describes how the fog arrives silently on “little cat feet”, sits overlooking the harbor and city on silent haunches, and then quietly moves on. For board candidates, understanding this central metaphor, the imagery, and the transient nature of the fog is extremely important. Our textual solutions cover not only the textbook exercise questions but also extra important questions and answers that may appear in the exams, helping students prepare thoroughly.

What you will learn and get from these textual solutions:

• Detailed summary and analysis of the poem’s central metaphor comparing the fog to a cat.
• Perfect answers for 1-mark very short questions (VSA objective type) and 2-3 mark short questions.
• Simple and standard solutions for extract-based stanza explanations and descriptive answers.
• Proper knowledge of poetic devices like extended metaphor, enjambment, and free verse used in the poem.
• Solutions for the latest pattern MCQ questions along with important questions according to the new syllabus.

Special benefits of these Ospin Academy solutions:

• Complete textual solutions prepared on the basis of the latest ASSEB new syllabus.
• 100% accurate, high-quality notes written in simple English that are easy for students to memorize (Class 10 English Notes).
• Specially curated easy-to-understand answers for quick revision before exams.
• A special collection of extra important questions from ‘Fog’ for the board examinations.

Keeping in mind the academic upliftment of the students, Ospin Academy has brought forward these special textual solutions. Start your board exam preparation now and step forward towards scoring the highest marks in English.

Chapter 9

Fog

Thinking about the Poem

Q.1A What does Sandburg think the fog is like?

Ans.: According to Sandburg, fog is like a cat.

Q.1B How does the fog come?

Ans.: The fog comes silently like a cat. It sits on haunches looking around the harbour and the city and then moves on.

Q.1C What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

Ans.: In the third line, ‘it’ refers to the fog that has covered the city.

Q.1D 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.

Ans.: No, the poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat. However, he uses the cat as a metaphor to describe the fog. The three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are:

(i) The fog comes slowly and silently like a cat.

(ii) It spreads over the city and stays for some time like a cat sitting on its haunches.

(iii) The fog disappears after some time just as a cat moves away after some time.

NOTE – Metaphor refers to a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not applicable in a practical sense.

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

Storm	Tiger	Pounces over fields, growls
Train
Fire
School
Home

(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.

Ans.:

(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.

Storm	Tiger	Pounces over fields, growls
Train	Gush of Wind	Swift movement
Fire	Anger	Symbolises the dangers on the basis of their magnitude
School	Temple	Provide knowledge
Home	Refugee camp	Provide protection and care

(ii) Ferocious as a leopard,

It touches the terrain.

Growling all over the place,

Howling at its highest pace.

NOTE – This is just a small example using leopard as a metaphor. Students can write the poem using innovative ideas.

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

Ans.: No, this poem has no rhyme scheme. It is written in ‘free verse’.