Metaphor

Metaphor

A metaphor is a comparison when one thing is said to be another. This comparison does not use "like" or "as".

What is the metaphor in this poem:



Fog
CarlSandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.


   

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