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About the Author- Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg – A Short Biography

 About the Poet 

Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for writing a wonderful biography of Abraham Lincoln. Carl Sandburg was born on 6 Jan 1878 and died at the age of 89 on 22 July 1967. He was widely regarded as a major figure in contemporary literature. ‘Chicago Poems’, Cornhuskers”Smoke and Steel’ are some of his famous works.

INTRODUCTION

This poem the poet, Carl-Sandbargrhas-portrayed-the nature-and-its-silica-working Riccio-poet tells that the fog comes silently and slowly like a ca2It is a fine example of the use of metaphor in the poetry.

Central Idea of the Poem

Together 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

Tog’ 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.

Word-Meaning

Harbour—the place where ships load and unload, Haunches—hips.