The Fog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHBH IJKJ LEEE EMEM| I saw the fog grow thick | A |
| Which soon made blind my ken | B |
| It made tall men of boys | C |
| And giants of tall men | B |
| - | |
| It clutched my throat I coughed | D |
| Nothing was in my head | E |
| Except two heavy eyes | F |
| Like balls of burning lead | E |
| - | |
| And when it grew so black | G |
| That I could know no place | H |
| I lost all judgment then | B |
| Of distance and of space | H |
| - | |
| The street lamps and the lights | I |
| Upon the halted cars | J |
| Could either be on earth | K |
| Or be the heavenly stars | J |
| - | |
| A man passed by me close | L |
| I asked my way he said | E |
| 'Come follow me my friend' | E |
| I followed where he led | E |
| - | |
| He rapped the stones in front | E |
| 'Trust me ' he said 'and come' | M |
| I followed like a child | E |
| A blind man led me home | M |
William Henry Davies
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Charly : The poem is about pollution and the fog is actually 'smog'.
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