Boy, I sure feel smart

I got an exam back today (actually two) and my teacher's coments made me feel realy smart on this one question.

I have open book tests, and my schooling is by corospondance. Well, I read what my study guide said about this poem intitled FOG

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

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

Problem on the Exam:Discuss the poetic elements Carl Sandburg used in "Fog" and the way these elements enhance the poem's meaning.

Answer:
Sandburg used one image in "Fog", and that was the image of a cat, which is quiet when it walks on padded feat, as fog is when it slips in around us unaware at first. And then the fog sits "on silent hunches" like a cat. This enhances the readers understanding of the poem's meaning. The tone of the poem is quiet and the diction is simple and easy to understand. Sandburg uses short words in the first stanza which can be read quickly. The next stanza he uses longer words, which causes the reader to slow down, as a fog makes everything seem slow when it is sitting there.

Teacher's coments: Some good observations


What cracks me up, is my answer is all from the study guide, only rephrased, put in a different order, and so on. Yeah... good observations? I may have expounded on what the study guid said a little... but that's pretty much what it siad. haha. And that poem is so dinky!!!