What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

What does Sandburg think the fog is like?

How does the fog come?

Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.

You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other.

(i) Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below. Also, try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.

(ii) Think about a storm. Try to visualise the force of the storm, hear the sound of the storm, feel the power of the storm and the sudden calm that happens afterwards. Write a poem about the storm comparing it with an animal.