An flood of industry during the 1900s in America not only affected but also encouraged the production of many works of American literature. An example would be "The Fog“ by Carl Sandburg. Written a in verse-form , it interprets the finding of beauty in an ordinary, yet hastily changing world. The fog moves silently "on little cat feet" and is constantly moving as it “never stays in one place for too long” . The fog seemed to represent how during this era everything in America was developing and growing, yet it was all transpiring so brisk that the vicissitudes virtually seemed as if they appeared overnight. The advancements and expansions spread like a wild-fire across America from one city to the next. "It sits looking over harbor and city