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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The fog comes silently because its movements are like that of cat. It's a part of nature and thus patient and never hurries. It has nothing to do with humans and does not depend on them. hence it comes without warning and silently. It sits in the city looking over the surroundings and finally goes aRead more

    The fog comes silently because its movements are like that of cat. It’s a part of nature and thus patient and never hurries. It has nothing to do with humans and does not depend on them. hence it comes without warning and silently. It sits in the city looking over the surroundings and finally goes away.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    In the poem, fog is considered as similar to the cat as like the cat, fog comes silently and sits without any movement looking over the surroundings and finally it goes away silently. Here the poetic device used is called metaphor in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to whichRead more

    In the poem, fog is considered as similar to the cat as like the cat, fog comes silently and sits without any movement looking over the surroundings and finally it goes away silently.

    Here the poetic device used is called metaphor in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    In order to describe the coming and going off of the fog, the poet compares it to the cat. According to him, fog comes on little cat feet i.e. silently and without any warning. It sits there and looks over the city and dock and finally moves on without making any noise. Read summary of this poem.

    In order to describe the coming and going off of the fog, the poet compares it to the cat. According to him, fog comes on little cat feet i.e. silently and without any warning. It sits there and looks over the city and dock and finally moves on without making any noise.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poet compares fog with cat. According to him, it comes little cat feet. Thus in the very first line, the pet imagines as if the fog is a living being. Further, it sits and looks over the city and docks on silent (not making any movement) buttocks and finally moves on. All these characteristics aRead more

    The poet compares fog with cat. According to him, it comes little cat feet. Thus in the very first line, the pet imagines as if the fog is a living being. Further, it sits and looks over the city and docks on silent (not making any movement) buttocks and finally moves on.

    All these characteristics are that of living beings but the poet inscribes them to the fog. In this way he makes the fog a living being.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The central idea of the poem Fog is that nature is alive. The poet compares the movement of fog with that of cat. According to him, the fog comes silently like cat on its little feet (without making any noise). After coming, it sits looking over the city as well as dock and does not make any movemenRead more

    The central idea of the poem Fog is that nature is alive. The poet compares the movement of fog with that of cat. According to him, the fog comes silently like cat on its little feet (without making any noise).

    After coming, it sits looking over the city as well as dock and does not make any movement. Finally it goes way silently like the cat. Hence the fog is independent like the cat and patient as well.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem Fog is a short free verse poem which consists of 6 lines and has been divided into two stanzas. The first stanza consists of 2 lines while the second stanza consists of four stanzas. Read summary of this poem.

    The poem Fog is a short free verse poem which consists of 6 lines and has been divided into two stanzas. The first stanza consists of 2 lines while the second stanza consists of four stanzas.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The moral of the poem Fog by Carl Sandburg is change. Change is the inevitable part of nature as well as of humanity. In the poem, the poet was going to interview a judge. However on his way, he encounters fog which halts his journey. The poet sits down and while waiting for the fog to go away, he wRead more

    The moral of the poem Fog by Carl Sandburg is change. Change is the inevitable part of nature as well as of humanity. In the poem, the poet was going to interview a judge. However on his way, he encounters fog which halts his journey.

    The poet sits down and while waiting for the fog to go away, he writes an English Haiku. He describes how the fog appears, sits silently and finally goes away. So, the change happens, first the city was doing as usual, fog appears and brings change and when it goes away, the change takes place.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem Fog is written by American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor Carl Sandburg. It appeared in Sandburg's first mainstream collection of poems, Chicago Poems, which was published in 1916. Read summary of this poem.

    The poem Fog is written by American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor Carl Sandburg. It appeared in Sandburg’s first mainstream collection of poems, Chicago Poems, which was published in 1916.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Fog is compared to a cat in the poem Fog written by Carl Sandburg because like the cat it comes quietly and without any warning, sits at one place and looks over the surroundings and finally goes away silently. Read summary of this poem.

    Fog is compared to a cat in the poem Fog written by Carl Sandburg because like the cat it comes quietly and without any warning, sits at one place and looks over the surroundings and finally goes away silently.

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