Class 10 English Tea From Assam Question Answer NCERT .
Fog
Thinking about the Poem :
1. (i)
What does Sandburg think the fog is like ?
Ans:-
The poet Sandburg thinks the fog is like a cat .
(ii) How does the fog come ?
Ans:- The fog comes silently like a cat .
(iii) What does ‘it’ in the third
line refer to ?
Ans:-
In
the third line, ‘it’ refers to ‘fog’
(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.
Ans:- The
following points can tell as that the fog is like a cat.
(a)
Fog comes on little cat feet.
(b)
Fog sits looking silently on
haunches.
(c)
Fog moves away.
2. You
know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing
to the other.
(i)
Find the 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 the fields, growls |
|
Train |
|
|
|
Fire |
|
|
|
School
|
|
|
|
Home |
|
|
Ans:-
|
Train |
snake |
Crawls, |
|
Fire |
Flood,
Tsunami |
Ruins
instantly, completely destructs |
|
School
|
Knowledge,
wisdom |
Provide
knowledge and makes good habit and quantity . |
|
Home |
Mother |
Look
after, take care, breeds. |
(ii)
think about a storm. Try to visualize 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:-
|
A
Storm |
A
storm and a tiger are alike
Both
are violent and ferocious in nature
A
storm come suddenly and ruins
Everything
instantly .
A
tiger also attack his prey suddenly
And
kills instantly.
Both
are look very dangerous
May
God save us from both of them.
3. Does
this poem have a rhyme scheme ? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or
rhyme is called ‘free verse’ .
Ans:-
This poem have no rhyming scheme . so, this poem is a free verse .
Addition
Questions and Answers :
4. Who
is the poet of the poem ‘Fog’ ?
Ans:-
Carl Sandburg is the poet of the poem ‘Fog’ .
5. What
is a harbor and how is it related to fog ?
Ans:-
Harbor is a sea pot. The fog sits looking over the harbor and city like a cat
and then moves on.
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6. What
does ‘it’ in the third line of the poem refer to ?
Ans:-
In the third line of the poem ‘it’ refers to the cat and the fog .
7. Does
the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat ?
Ans:-
The poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat. He means it through
a metaphor.
8. Does
this poem have a rhyme scheme ? Poetry that does not have an obvious rhythm or
rhyme is called ‘free verse’ .
Ans:-
The poem ‘fog’ does not have any rhyme scheme . it is a free verse.
9. How
is the fog like a cat ? what three things suggest it ?
Ans:-
The fog is shown by the poet like a cat who is a living being. He does so
through a metaphor . The fog becomes a cat then it as- sums that structure. The
fog looks over harbor and city. Thirdly, it moves like a cat.
10.
What does Sandburg (poet) think
the fog is like ?
Ans:-
Carl Sandburg things that the fog is like a little cat that comes creeping sits
on its haunches and disappears suddenly.
11.
How does the fog come ?
Ans:-
The fog, according to the poet, comes silently and stealthily like a little
cat.
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