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A POISON TREE

By William Blake



A Poison Treeby

William Blake

I was angry with my friend;

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.

I was angry with my foe:

I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,

Night & morning with my tears:

And I sunned it with smiles,

And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night.

ill it bore an a!!le bright.

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole,

When the night had "eiled the !ole;

In the morning glad I see;

#y foe outstretched beneath the tree.



Vocabulary

$. Wrath % strong, stern, or fierce anger

. 'oe % enemy

(. )eceit % distortion of the truth; cheating

*. Wiles % trick, tra!

+. eiled % conceal, lacking clarity



A Poison Treeby

William Blake

I was angry with my friend;

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.

I was angry with my foe:

I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,

Night & morning with my tears:

And I sunned it with smiles,

And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night.

ill it bore an a!!le bright.

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine.

And into my garden stole,

When the night had "eiled the !ole;

In the morning glad I see;

#y foe outstretched beneath the tree.

'orm* -uatrains with a set rhyme

scheme: AABB

F i r st P e r so n P o i nt o f V i e w

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Personification

8 9 Waters the wrath with fear:

8 9I told my wrath, my wrath did end:

. Metaphor

8 he tree is considered as a wrath4anger

- 9ill it bore an a!!le bright: , the a!!le is a meta!hor for the

;fruit9 of his grudge.

(. Alliteration

8 9sunned and smiles

8 9f riend and f oe8 9bore and bright



POETIC/LITERARY DEVICE

!" I#a$ery

8 hroughout the !oem

%" Irony

8 the foe beneath the tree of hatred

&" Repetition

- 9I was angry with my friend<

I was angry with my foe

'" y#bol

- he tree is a symbol of life and anger seems to ha"e been

gi"en life to grow.



Meanin$ of the Poe#

A 0oison ree= is a symbolic title as it e>!lains thetruth of hu#an nature. It is a meta!horic !oem as the!oet creates a !icture in our minds of how an$er hi((en

in our #in(s can $ro) to beco#e a poison tree. he!oet describes that a feeling of anger can disa!!ear ifthere is goodwill and friendshi! but if there is distrust nenmity, it grows and causes great destruction. When oneis angry with a friend, and we communicate that anger, itautomatically disa!!ears because of lo"e and friendshi!.But when one is angry with an enemy, it continues togrow because it is not e>!ressed.



#oral alues



*o) (oes the poet sho) that an$er is abasic hu#an e#otion+

• By not telling us anything about the two!eo!le in"ol"ed, Blake shows that this is anemotion that can affect anyone.

• ?e uses a sim!le but effecti"e

i#a$e of a

tree growing in a garden.

• he !oem=s uncom!licated structuresuggests something basic is beinge>amined.

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,hat is the poe# -A Poison Tree-#ainly about+

• A 0oison ree e>amines the effects ofunresol"ed anger.

• he !oem con"eys the message thatunresol"ed anger that is nursed as a grudgebecomes a !oison that can hurt other!eo!le.



,hat is a fi$ure of speech in the

poe# -A Poison Tree-+• he !oem uses a meta!hor to com!are

anger to a tree.

• he !oem describes the s!eaker@s wrath. When he does not tell anyone that he isangry, the anger ust festers like a growingtree.

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