The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake describes a persona who becomes angry with an enemy and chooses to nurture that anger in secret instead of expressing it, causing the anger to grow over time like a poisonous tree until it bears a bright apple that kills the enemy. The analysis explores the themes of repressing anger, the dangers of wrath, and the importance of communication to avoid misunderstandings from leading to hatred.
The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake describes a persona who becomes angry with an enemy and chooses to nurture that anger in secret instead of expressing it, causing the anger to grow over time like a poisonous tree until it bears a bright apple that kills the enemy. The analysis explores the themes of repressing anger, the dangers of wrath, and the importance of communication to avoid misunderstandings from leading to hatred.
The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake describes a persona who becomes angry with an enemy and chooses to nurture that anger in secret instead of expressing it, causing the anger to grow over time like a poisonous tree until it bears a bright apple that kills the enemy. The analysis explores the themes of repressing anger, the dangers of wrath, and the importance of communication to avoid misunderstandings from leading to hatred.
The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake describes a persona who becomes angry with an enemy and chooses to nurture that anger in secret instead of expressing it, causing the anger to grow over time like a poisonous tree until it bears a bright apple that kills the enemy. The analysis explores the themes of repressing anger, the dangers of wrath, and the importance of communication to avoid misunderstandings from leading to hatred.
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Prepared by: Porshothman Elenggoven
Form 5 Literature - Poem
A POISON TREE by William Blake
Stanza 1
Line Stanza 1 Line by line meaning
1 I was angry with my friend I was angry with my friend 2 I told my wrath, my wrath did end I told my wrath(anger) to my friend and I got over my anger. 3 I was angry with my foe I was angry with my foe (enemy) 4 I told it not, my wrath did grow I did not tell my wrath to my foe, so my anger grew.
Stanza 2
Line Stanza 1 Line by line meaning
1 And I watered it in fears. I treated my anger like a plant. A plant needs water and sunshine. Likewise, everyday I nourished my wrath with water in the form of tears and fears. 2 Night and morning with my tears I also gave my anger-tree sunshine in the form of smiles 3 And I sunned it with smiles. and cunning tricks. 4 And with soft deceitful wiles.
Stanza 3
Line Stanza 1 Line by line meaning
1 And it grew both day and night My tree of anger grew steadily everyday until it bore an 2 Till it bore an apple bright apple. It was shiny but it was poisonous. 3 And my foe beheld it shine My enemy saw the shiny apple and he knew it was mine. 4 And he knew it was mine
Stanza 4
Line Stanza 1 Line by line meaning
1 And into my garden stole One night, when darkness hid the pole star, my foe crept 2 When the night had veiled the pole into the garden. He stole my apple. 3 In the morning glad I see In the morning, I was happy to see my foe lying dead 4 My foe outstretched beneath the tree under the tree.
Themes:
1. Forgiving and forgetting
2. The importance of communicating when there is a misunderstanding. 3. The dangers of repressing anger 4. Dangers of wrath and hatred. Prepared by: Porshothman Elenggoven Form 5 Literature - Poem iThink Write four suitable adjectives to describe the person and the persona’s poison tree in the poem.