Hi,
Can you help me clarify a few questions regarding this poem called "A poison tree"?
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 water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
1. The foe knows that the fruit belongs to the poet, but does he know that the fruit is poison?
2. What fears does the poet have in mind while nurturing his tree of hatred?
3. I understand that it is the foe who stole the fruit from the poet's tree. So the poet does not technically mean to kill his foe. Am I correct?
Poems are so difficult to understand. Thanks for helping me!
Can you help me clarify a few questions regarding this poem called "A poison tree"?
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 water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
1. The foe knows that the fruit belongs to the poet, but does he know that the fruit is poison?
2. What fears does the poet have in mind while nurturing his tree of hatred?
3. I understand that it is the foe who stole the fruit from the poet's tree. So the poet does not technically mean to kill his foe. Am I correct?
Poems are so difficult to understand. Thanks for helping me!
