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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on.i. Choose the option with qualities of the cat that Carl Sandburg applies to the fog? 1) Cats are independent animals, they don’t follow rules, they slip and slide in and out of our lives as they please. 2) Cats are distrustful of strangers and can be jealous and moody. 3) Cats are stealthy, moving in slow motion at times and they appear to be moving in a mysterious fashion. 4) Cats often communicate with a combination of a distinctive sound and body language. 5) Cats like to move on at their own pace and before you know it, they've disappeared. a) Only 1 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1,3 and 5 d) Only 4ii. Which one/s of the following applies to the given lines?a) 1 and 4 b) 2 and 3c) Only 1 d) Only 3iii. Pick the option that includes an image of the cat on its haunches.a. Option (1) b. Option (2) c. Option (3) d. Option (4)iv. Choose the option that DOES NOT list movement of the fog.(1) it stole in on us like a foot-pad somewhere out of the sea and air ... E.J. Pratt(2) A fog dirft in, the heavy- laden Cold white ghost of the sea - sara Teasadle(3) The fog it tric ks the eye the wonder of the veil of white under the clear blue sky. - K.C.Cox(4) .... comes gliding rolling in at ground level, pressing its white fetaureless face against... - R.H.Grenvillea. Option (1) b. Option (2)c. Option (3) d. Option (4)v. The poet has used short lines to compose the given poem. Choose the option that lists the most appropriate explanation for the same. a. By keeping the lines short, the poet keeps the liberty in stepping away from rule, traditional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect. b. By keeping the lines short, the poet wants the reader to omit some parts of a sentence, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while reading it out. c. By keeping the lines short, the poet wants to introduce ambiguity or contradiction into an otherwise straightforward sentence. By keeping the lines short, the poet is controlling the pace to make the reader slow down thereby reflecting the slow rolling in of the fog. |
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Answer» i. c ii. d iii. b iv. c v. d |
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