Fog- Central Idea & Style of the Poem

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Fog

By– Carl Sandburg

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Central Idea of the Poem

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 harbour 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.

Style

Fog’ is a short poem of six lines. It is split into two stanzas. It is a free verse poem. The poem doesn’t have any regular rhyme scheme. The poem is an extended metaphor. The poet uses the metaphor of a cat to describe the fog. The fog comes in, stays and engulfs everything in its fold silently, almost imperceptibly. Before moving on, it sits looking over the harbour and the city before disappearing in feline mystery.