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Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter Fog [poem] Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)

Fog (Fog [poem]) CBSE class 10 English - First Flight Chapter Fog [poem] summary with detailed explanation of the lesson Fog along with meanings of difficult words. Given here is the complete explanation of the lesson, along with summary, explanation and questions and answers of each topic of lesson Fog [poem].

English - First Flight (Chapter Fog [poem]) Solution
 Thinking About The Poem

2. You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other (See Unit 1).

(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.

StormTigerPounces over the 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.

Answer :


(i)

StormTigerPounces over the fields, growls
TrainGush of windVery fast movement
FireAngerDanger that surrounds both on the basis of their intensities
SchoolGatewayLeads to adulthood and a life of responsibility
HomeNestProvides hospitable, loving environment

(ii) Do it yourself.


All Questions of English - First Flight Chapter Fog [poem]
Thinking About The Poem
1.

(i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
(ii) How does the fog come?
(iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
(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.

2. You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other (See Unit 1).

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

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