Both poems “A Poison Tree” and “Anger Lay By Me” deal with speakers who are angry.

The two speakers react in the same way. Do you agree?

In both poems “Anger Lay by me” and “A Poison Tree” the speakers are angry. The two

speakers are exhausted and they react in different ways.

Firstly, the speaker (voice) of “A Poison Tree” had his soul poisoned by his anger and the

anger started growing inside of him because he didn't showed or expressed his feelings. In

this quote the madness is developing inside the voice´s head. “...and it grew both day and

night.” He says “...day and night…” because his foe can´t stop growing.

Secondly, the anger of the speaker in “A Poison Tree” was symbolized as a tree. When the

anger grows we can say that also the tree grows. The apple tree was a metaphor for the

wrath inside the soul of the speaker.

In the poem Anger Lay By Me, the voice reacts in a different way, that different way was

surrendering because his enemy won against him. In this quote the craziness is developing

inside the voice´s head. “..he's my true lord, and my doom”. because his foe can´t stop

growing.

All in all, In both poems the speakers react in different ways but what they share is that

they couldn't take out his anger and that they were exhausted.