05.05 ANALYZIN
G 20TH
CENTURY
POETRY
By: Ashley Blaun
“Fog” By Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
“Fog” By Carl Sandburg
In the twentieth century it was extremely hard to predict the weather, seeing as
they didn’t have the technology that we have today to be able to do so. Therefore in
“Fog” Carl gives a whole knew representation on the weather by symbolizing it
through cats. He uses cats because they never have the exact same personality. The
cities during this time were always loud and dirty, but during the night it was quiet
and foggy. The quietness (and fogginess) give off a peaceful image, since you know
that everyone is enjoying their sleep. The cat also gives of a peaceful manner when
being made into the fog. However, it can also give off a very mysterious vide
because the fog could here one minute and then be gone in the next. This shows
how the small poem was being influenced from the outside world in the twentieth
century.
