Question

Read the following extract and answer the following questions:

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on.                                         (Fog)

1. Examine the strategic use of imagery in the above lines.  [1]
2. How does the poet portray the relationship between nature and the urban environment?  [2]
3. On the basis of the extract, select the correct option.
   The image of a cat moving “on little cat feet” evokes:  [1]
   
   1. softness
   2. roughness
   3. wilderness
   4. hardness
4. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option from the brackets:  [1]
   In the given extract, the tone of the poet is ______ (playful and mysterious/cold and rough/pessimistic and aggressive).

Answer 1

1. The poet uses vivid imagery by comparing the fog to a cat. Phrases like “little cat feet” and “silent haunches” create a clear visual picture of the fog moving softly and quietly, making the scene imaginative and expressive.
2. The poet shows that nature and the urban environment coexist peacefully. The fog covers both the harbour and the city silently, suggesting that nature gently interacts with and surrounds human spaces without disturbance.
3. Softness
4. In the given extract, the tone of the poet is playful and mysterious.