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    The poem is about a persona who is angry with both a friend and a foe. When angry with the friend, he talks it out and resolves the issue. But when angry with the foe, he lets the anger grow into a poisonous tree that bears fruit. The foe eats the fruit and dies, leaving the persona feeling glad.

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    A Poison Tree

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    The poem is about a persona who is angry with both a friend and a foe. When angry with the friend, he talks it out and resolves the issue. But when angry with the foe, he lets the anger grow into a poisonous tree that bears fruit. The foe eats the fruit and dies, leaving the persona feeling glad.

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    The poem is about a persona who is angry with both a friend and a foe. When angry with the friend, he talks it out and resolves the issue. But when angry with the foe, he lets the anger grow into a poisonous tree that bears fruit. The foe eats the fruit and dies, leaving the persona feeling glad.

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    A Poison Tree

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    NORITA AHMAD
    The poem is about a persona who is angry with both a friend and a foe. When angry with the friend, he talks it out and resolves the issue. But when angry with the foe, he lets the anger grow into a poisonous tree that bears fruit. The foe eats the fruit and dies, leaving the persona feeling glad.

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    A POISON TREE

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Recite and understand the meaning of the


    poem stanza by stanza
    Identify literary elements in the poem
    WILLIAM BLAKE
    Born November
    28, 1757
    London,
    England

    Died August 12,


    1827
    London,
    England
    A Poison Tree
    I was angry with my friend; And it grew both day and
    I told my wrath, my wrath night.
    did end. Till it bore an apple
    I was angry with my foe: bright.
    I told it not, my wrath did And my foe beheld it
    grow. shine,
    And he knew that it was
    And I watered it in fears, mine.
    Night & morning with my
    tears: And into my garden
    And I sunned it with smiles, stole,
    And with soft deceitful When the night had
    wiles. veiled the pole;
    In the morning glad I
    see;
    My foe outstretched
    Summary
    1st 2nd 3rd 4th
    Stanza Stanza Stanza Stanza
    One dark night,
    his foe sneaks
    The persona is The persona His tree of anger into his garden
    angry with his feeds his plant grows and was and steals his
    friend and his foe with anger and poisonous poisonous
    hatred because it is apple.
    He talks about his filled with anger
    misunderstanding He watered his and hatred He eats it and
    with his friend plant with his dies.
    and gets over it tears
    The tree bears The next
    He does not talk He nourishes it an apple and his morning the
    about his anger to with fake smiles foe sees it and persona feels
    his foe and it and deceitful wants to eat it glad to see his
    grows into a plant wiles foe dead under
    his poison tree
    Literary elements
    Setting
    Place: In his garden, under the poison tree
    Time: at night, the next morning

    Tone
    Anger, bitterness, accusing

    Language and style


    Personification, Metaphor, Symbolism,
    Imagery
    Themes
    Forgive and Friend vs. Foe
    Anger/ Wrath In the poem, the
    Blake advises us forget
    In friendship, we persona decided to talk
    not to nourish about his feelings with
    anger and hatred must not let our
    anger grow. his friend and the
    against our friends problem resolved
    and foes. We need to talk
    He preaches love about our feelings
    and discuss why With his foe, he decided
    against hatred and to let his anger grew for
    trust against the
    misunderstanding a long time and it grew
    misunderstanding. into A poison tree
    happened.
    Blake suggests that which bore a dangerous
    it is best to forgive apple that killed his foe.
    and forget so that
    we will have a
    peace of mind
    Moral values
    We must not harbour wrath and
    hatred against anyone

    We should talk and discuss our


    feelings

    We must learn to forgive and


    forget
    Take out the
    problem you have
    faced with a friend

    How do feel about


    the situation after
    reading A Poison
    Tree? What does
    the poem teach
    us?
    thanks!
    ANY QUESTIONS?

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