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Carl Sandburg Poem Fog
The theme of the poem fog, is how fast or slow a gloomy day can go by. Weather affects the mood of a person, fog would affect someone in a negative way. A foggy day might make for a melancholy day. In the first stanza it says “the fog comes on little cat feet”, like it is going by quietly and fast. Relating to a gloomy day, the morning might not be exiting just usual, going by fast without anticipation or adventure. The author Carl Sandburg said “it sits looking over the harbor and city”, like the day is going by slow just waiting for something exciting to happen. The day just stays, or sits there, just waiting like the fog for something to happen. “Then it moves on”, like the end of the day with, the fog just moves on nothing exiting, like
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