(i) Whatdoes Sandburg think the fog is like?

(ii) Howdoes the fog come?

(iii) Whatdoes ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

(iv) Doesthe poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three thingsthat tell us that the fog is like a cat.

(i)According to Sandburg, the fog is like a cat.

(ii)The fog comes on little cat feet.

(iii)In the third line ‘it’ refers to the fog that has coveredthe city and it seems as if it is looking over the city like a cat.

(iv)No, the poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat.However, he has used cat as a metaphor for describing the fog. Hesays that the fog comes on its little cat feet, which implies thatthe fog is like a cat as it comes slowly. He also says that the foglooks over the harbour and the city and then moves on, implying thatthe fog has covered the city and is sitting and looking at it,thereby again comparing it to a cat. This is reiterated when he saysthat the fog looks over the city sitting on ‘silent hunches’.This also shows the reference to a cat as a cat always sits with itsknees bent. Hence, he has compared the fog to a cat without actuallysaying so.