Read the poem "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. What is the main difference between Sandburg's "Fog" and Frost's "Mending Wall"? "Fog" uses everyday language, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Mending Wall" is in a modern format, while "Fog" is not. "Mending Wall" is in free verse, while "Fog" is not.

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Dalton Phillips

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5 March, 14:13

Read the poem "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. What is the main difference between Sandburg's "Fog" and Frost's "Mending Wall"? "Fog" uses everyday language, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Mending Wall" is in a modern format, while "Fog" is not. "Mending Wall" is in free verse, while "Fog" is not.

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Ernesto Cruz · Answer 1

"Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not.

Explanation:

The poem "Fog" freely uses the metaphor in its lines, as a way to obtain a more poetic and symbolic language. The poem "Mending Wall", on the other hand, does not use metaphor, but uses a modern language with a more objective meaning.

The metaphor, as you may already know, is a poetic resource that allows the author to make subjective comparisons between two things, establishing a non-literal, but highly poetic meaning to his work.