English Confluence By CL Gautam

Poem-9     Fog by Carl Sandberg       A Brief Paraphrase of the Poem Carl Sandburg has portrayed the nature and its silent working. Top prove his point the poet gives a comparison of the fog and a cat. The fog rolls in over a harbour and city, looking mighty catlike. At first, it's quiet and unsuspecting, like a cat. Then, again very much like a cat, it moves on and either disappears or pounces on another harbour/city. The poet describes the way in which the fog comes to Chicago only for a while and then it retreats. He continues the comparison of the fog with the cat. He says that like a cat, the fog sits on its haunches for a while and looks over the city of Chicago and its harbour. That the fog should naturally move towards a water body such as the Chicago harbour is no mystery, since fog attracts water particles. However, the fog is not there to stay. As silently and surreptitiously as it had come, it also leaves Chicago soon enough. Hence, e...