Fog - Revision — Class 10 English

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📌 Key Points

  • Fog arrives 'on little cat feet' - personification
  • Fog sits silently looking over city and harbor
  • Fog observes without judgment or interaction
  • Fog moves on, suggesting transience
  • Brevity mirrors fog's fleeting nature
  • Nature exists independently of human activity
  • Poem invites careful observation of ordinary phenomena
  • Mystery about fog's origin and destination

📘 Important Definitions

Personification
Treating fog as living creature with agency
Simile
'On little cat feet' compares fog's arrival to cat movement
Metaphor
Fog represents nature's observation of human affairs

⚠️ Common Mistakes

✗ Wrong: Treating poem as only about weather

✓ Correct: Poem uses fog to explore observation and transience

✗ Wrong: Missing the cat metaphor's significance

✓ Correct: Cat comparison emphasizes quiet, stealthy nature

📝 Exam Focus

These questions are frequently asked in CBSE exams:

Explain the personification in 'Fog'
3m
Why is the poem so brief?
2m
What does fog metaphorically represent?
3m
What does the poem suggest about observation and nature?
5m

🎯 Last-Minute Recall

Close your eyes and try to recall: Key definitions, formulas, and 3 common mistakes. If you can recall 80% without looking, you're exam-ready!