Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “Fog”by Carl Sandburg The fog comeson little cat feet. It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on. Source: Sandberg, Carl. “Fog.” Chicago Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. 71. Web. Representative Poetry Online. Web. 9 June 2011. Which of the following excerpts from the poem reflects the use of figurative language? I. “The fog comes/on little cat feet.” II. “It sits looking/over harbor and city” III. “on silent haunches/and then moves on.”
All three excerpts use figurative language by describing the fog as if it were a cat. In I, the fog comes on “little cat feet,” comparing its quiet arrival to a cat’s steps. In II and III, the fog is personified as sitting, looking, and moving on “silent haunches,” like a cat watching its surroundings.
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