Complete the Poem

In every line of William Blake's poem, the

last word is missing. Use the words in italics
below and complete the poem.

And he knew that it was

bright, end, fears, foe, friend, grow, mine, night,

pole, see, shine, smiles, stole, tears, tree, wiles

And into my garden

I was angry with my

:
When the night had veiled the

I told my wrath, my wrath did

.
In the morning glad I

I was angry with my

:
My foe outstretched beneath the

I told it not, my wrath did

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With whom is the persona angry?

And I watered it in

Night and morning with my

The persona or speaker is angry with two people. The first

is a friend. However, he goes and speaks to his friend
about his anger and gets over his "wrath" quickly. No
harm is done. Then he is...

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And I sunned it with

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And with soft deceitful

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What is the poem "A Poison Tree" mainly about?
Blake's "The Poison Tree" from his Songs of Experience
is about how nursing anger and hate corrodes our souls.
The poem begins by stating that: I was angry with my
friend/I told my wrath/My wrath...

And it grew both day and

Till it bore an apple

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And my foe beheld it

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In the third stanza of a poison tree what happens
when the speaker told his friend that he was...

If I may, I'd like to clarify your question a bit. The second

line of the poem tells the reader that the speaker
admitted his anger to his friend. That wound up being a
good thing, because his...

Anger and wrath are closely related, but they do not mean
the same thing, nor are they equivalent emotions. The
dictionary defines anger as "a strong feeling of
displeasure." Anger is actually...

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What is the speaker's attitude in "A Poison Tree" by

William Blake?

What is the tone of the poem "The Poison Tree" by

William Blake?

In A Poison Tree, the speaker is most certainly

vengeful he speaks of nurturing anger, not of
expressing it but of letting it fester within him, allowing it
to grow by giving to it the...

That's a great question. There is a layered or ambiguous

tone to this poem. The content of a work is, in some
works, distinct from the tone. That isn't really the case
here. The poem's content is...

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Can you list the moral values ("we must," "we

should") in the poem "A Poison Tree" by William
Blake?

The message of the poem is that if we hold anger within

and nurture it, it is poisonous and can harm others. In the
first verse, the narrator sets the stage for this message by
stating that when...
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What is the message of the poem "A Poison Tree"?

In terms of the categories "we must" and "we should,"

the poem says we should talk to a person when he or
she makes us angry. This way we can work out our
problems and get over our anger. As for a...

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What is the metaphor in "A Poison Tree" describing
the speaker's wrath?

How is Blake's "A Poison Tree" a parable?

This poem is an extended metaphor, meaning that the
metaphor is maintained at length, in this case, through the
entire poem. The metaphor is that the narrator's wrath is a
seed that grows into a...

A parable is a short symbolic story that teaches a moral

lesson. Blake's "A Poison Tree" is a parable about the
dangers of suppressing anger. The poet explains the
point he is trying to make in the...

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What is the difference between anger and wrath?

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In the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, how
does the speaker feel about his anger and does...

The speaker dissolves his anger with his friend by

speaking about it. But when he has anger for his foe, he
does not talk about it and it grows. The idea here is that
if one suppresses his anger,...

Blake originally called this poem "Christian

Forbearance." How might that title apply to the text?
The poem "A Poison Tree" can be read as a comment on
forbearance. More specifically, this is a poem about the
relative value of forbearance versus the
expression/exorcising of negative emotions. To...

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What does the speaker mean when he says he
"sunned it with smiles in the poem A Poison...

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The speaker in the poem has been nurturing wrath

against his enemy. It stands for the grudge being
fostered behind the faade of his smiling face. The poet
employs the literary device of...

Is there a contemporary text (such as a song or a

modern poem) that can relate to the themes in...

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I think a few of the themes from "A Poison Tree" are

anger, revenge, and deceit. I have a few modern songs
that I feel fit a few of those themes. Carrie Underwood's
"Before He Cheats" is a song...

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In William Blake's poem ''The Poison Tree'', how
does the author's use of diction convey the...

There is more than one figure of speech, or type of

figurative language, going on in William Blake's poem "A
Poison Tree." Because the question states "the figure of
speech," I'll try to focus on...

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What two things does Blake compare in "A Poison

Tree"?

William Blake intends, in A Poison Tree, to warn his

readers that if they ignore his message regarding the
"deceitful wiles" that cause hatred to intensify due to a
lack of communication, they too...

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What are the moral lessons in A Poison Tree by
William Blake?

In "A Poison Tree," Blake is comparing his wrath, which

means anger, with the nurturing of a tree. This is what
we would call an extended metaphor, since he carries it
throughout the entire poem....

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state and identify the figure of speech used in the
poem a poison tree

Let's define two terms before we consider their use in

the poem: Diction: the choice and use of words and
phrases in a text Tone: the general character or attitude
of a piece, carefully cultivated...

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Who are the victims in the poem

Explain the following quote from Blake's "A Poison

Tree.""In the morning glad I see My foe...

Poison Tree tells the tale of one man and two different
courses of action which he takes regarding his negative
feelings. In the first scenario, the man is upset at a
friend. However, as he...

This quote comes at the very end of the poem and

reflects on the outcome of what happens when we nurse
our grievances and hatred, just as the planting imagery
used in the rest of the poem suggests....

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What are key images and the theme used in William

Blake's A Poison Tree?I was angry with my...

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What two ways of handling anger are mentioned in
the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake?

William Blakes poem A Poison Tree offers an

important lesson about anger. This contemplation on the
nature of rage provides two ways of handling it. The
Poison Tree" consists of four...

A Poison Tree by William Blake is a poem of vengeance,

anger, and murder. The poem provides two ways to
handle anger: for a friend and a foe. However, the true
subject of the poem is not...

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Give a summary of the poem "The Poison Tree" by

William Blake.

In the poem 'The Poison Tree' please formulate a

question for my lit paper using stanza 3 of the...

The Poison Tree by William Blake provides a clear

lesson on how to handle anger both with a friend and
enemy. The narration is first person point of view with a
nameless speaker. The poetic...

If your are referring to the poem "A Poison Tree" by

William Blake, the metaphor in the poem compares
unstated wrath or anger to an apple tree. The poem is
trying to show that if you feel anger...

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Comment on the development of the apple and how

it relates to the poem's meaning in "A Poison Tree."

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We are currently studying Romeo and Juliet at school
and are doing an assignment on poetry in...

This is a poem that deals explicitly with the way in which

nursing grudges and hatred can result in bearing a kind
of fruit that gives full expression to our rage, anger and
hatred. It is key to...

Great question. Well, let me start the ball rolling by

pointing towards the way in which "A Poison Tree" is all
about the way in which anger and hatred that is not
expressed and that is nursed and...

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Does "A Poison Tree" by William Blake suggest that

because people enjoy being angry they tend to...

How is the time period in which William Blake wrote

reflected in the poem "A Poison Tree"?

This is a very subjective question which requires a

subjective answer. What this means is that every reader
interprets a text, especially poetry, in different ways. As
for the poem "A Poison Tree",...

A Poison Tree, written by William Blake, was published

in the Song of Experience in 1794. The first person
narration describes two different situations concerning
extreme anger. Blake...

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How does the poem "A Poison Tree" by William
Blake support or negate that anger is an emotion...

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A Poison Tree is not a biblical story, although a tree is

often mentioned in Genesis as the harborer of knowledge
and the place in which sin lurks. This premise colors the
poem but the it is not...

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How is " The Poison Tree" a parable ?

I would think that the main theme of this excellent poem,

which can be related to your question, can be clearly
seen in the first stanza, which states: I was angry with
my friend: I told my wrath,...

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How does the poem "A Poison Tree" by William

Blake support or negate the proposition that anger...

In the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, what

does the tree represent?

This excellent poem clearly concerns the theme of anger

and how when it is not dealt with it can become intensely
destructive. In relation to your question, it might be
helpful to look at the...

This excellent poem by William Blake concerns anger that

is allowed to grow and fester and also the way that we
often nurture and hold such anger close to our hearts,
refusing to resolve or express...

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So the foe is poisoned and dies in "A Poison Tree"?I

just don't understand the ending.

What is the occasion for the poem, "She Dwelt

Among the Untrodden Ways"? Summarize the
meaning of...

Well, maybe. There are actually two ways to interpret

this poem. Depending on the interpretation you choose,
the answer is either "yes" or "no." It all depends on how
you define the word...

in this poem, the speaker/poet laments about the loss of a

girl named lucy. Her qualities are admired throughout the
poem. The words ''untrodden'' & ''the springs of dove''.
brings out the...

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What difference would it make if it were a peach in

an orchard? What does the apple is the garden...

Do you remember the story of Adam and Eve in the

Garden of Eden? When they ate the fruit from the
forbidden tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
their eyes were opened, they realized...

I would consider that Blake chose to use the idea of the

apple tree to contextualise the poem as a religious
sermon - a former title of the text was Christian
Forbearance' The apple symbol fits...
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Can you provide a summary of the poem "A Poison

Tree"?

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In "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, what are the
prevailing meter and substitition meter, and...

The speaker of Blake's "A Poison Tree" describes getting

angry at a "friend," but then he tells his friend how angry
he is and the anger goes away. Then, the speaker gets
angry at a "foe," but he...

The prevailing meter (one that is used most often) in this

poem is trochaic (one strong accent followed by one
weak or unaccented syllable) trimeter (three feet to a
line) with one leftover accent...
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What words in stanza 2 show that the speaker is

now talking of his anger as if it were a seed or...

William Blake's allegorical poem, "A Poison Tree," is

concerned with the subject of anger. The speaker of the
poem reveals to his friend that he is angry, and the anger
dissipates. But when the...

The speaker's perserveration over the perceived slight is

what serves as the water and sunlight for the anger
plant. And I watered it in fearsNight and morning with my
tears,And I sunned it with...

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In addition to the above poems mentioned, you might try

"Home Burial" by Robert Frost. It, too, deals with a
relationship but also deals with the nurturing of
resentments, wrongs, etc. In the...

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. "Wrath" means anger. In the first stanza, the
speaker is angry with a friend,...
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What does the apple symbolize in the poem "The
Poison Tree"?

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What two poems would be well suited to compare
with "A Poison Tree"?

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In the first stanza, the speaker makes a contrast
between two occasions when he got angry with...

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What is the theme of the poem "A Poison Tree"?

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Identify and explain the figures of speech in the frist
two stanzas? Question for Relection.

"A Poison Tree" descrives a series of events it tells a

story. Explain your understanding of the story's
significance.

What is the meaning of the last two lines of the poem

"A Poison Tree" by William Blake?
There are several possible interpretations for those last
two lines. One possible option is that the speaker's wrath
killed the other man. To clarify, as the speaker of the
poem kept his wrath...

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Please give a brief essay on this poision tree?

The short poem "The Poison Tree" was written by
William Black. The poison in the tree is anger and the
tree is used as a symbol of how anger is able to branch
out until it is consumed by a person...

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What does the apple in "A Poison Tree" by William

Blake represent? Does it have anything to do...

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The apple represents all of the pent up frustration or

anger that the speaker has for his enemy. He never got
whatever problem he had with his enemy off his chest. So
instead of venting like he...

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What words does the poet repeat and what does it
emphasize the differences between?
The repetition featured in Blake's poem relates to the
process of repressing and holding in anger, as opposed
to "coming clean" with one feels. There are two parts to
it: When Blake speaks of...

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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 waterd it in fears, 5 Night & morning...

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What does the poem "A Poison Tree" talk about?

This is a very interesting poem that has a thoughtprovoking moral at the end of it. Basically, the speaker of
the poem describes two scenarios: the first is where he
was upset with someone, told...
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How does William Blake use vivid images in "A
Poison Tree" to make his message clear?

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What is the extended metaphor of the poem "A
Poison Tree"?
The extended metaphor is comparing anger to a plant
(the poison tree of the title). The process of cultivating
one's emotions (as seen in the line " And I watered it in
fears") is...