Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on Reading Check amp Interpretations What type of figurative language device does Sandburg use to compare fog to a cat ID: 235376
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Slide1
FOG
Carl SandburgSlide2
Carl SandburgSlide3
The fog comes
on
little cat feet.
It
sits
looking
over
harbor and
city
on
silent
haunches
and
then moves on. Slide4
Reading Check
& Interpretations
What type of figurative language device does Sandburg use to compare fog to a cat?
How does the fog move in a catlike way? Why is the imagery of the cat’s movement so important to the poem?
How do we know some time has passed after lines 1 and 2?What kinds of words does the speaker use to indicate this passage of time?