A Poison Tree

Sun-flower,” and “The Lilly.” Wolfson argues that these three poems “tell a tale in three chapters,” (266) however each poem stands beautifully on its own only loosely an affiliated trilogy of different aspects of love. From plate 43, these short lyrics involve the personification of flowers. Often characterized for their delicateness and beauty, symbolizing love, and female sexuality, Blake uses botany to again establish a sense of sexual relationship within the poem. “My Pretty Rose Tree ” is constructed in two heroic quatrains written with an ABAB ACAC rhyme scheme. The speaker describes their temptation in being offered another flower (opportunity or other woman) as well as their protestation that he has his own “pretty rose tree” (Blake, Rose Tree 3) and does not need another. The outcome of his fidelity personifies the already feminized and objectified rose tree as jealous and dependent on the speaker for “tend[ing]” (6). In the trees jealousy, she only provides her barren “thorns” (8) for the speaker’s efforts in which he states is his “only delight” (8). Suggesting that the only delight a woman is capable of is the physical appearance. The thorns take on the Biblical symbolism of the crown of thorns in which Jesus wears up to his crucifixion to cause him pain and to mock his claim for authority. Similarly, the rose tree mocks the speaker’s possessive authority over her (as he

The apple sits on a white plate. The plate has the words ‘For You’ on it. The plate was something I added to the poem. Since the narrator’s enemy knew that the apple belonged to the narrator, the plate shows that the narrator was ready for his enemy to take the apple. The words inscribed on the plate are used to appeal to the enemy to guarantee that he eats the poison. The words are written in black to magnify the toxicity of the narrator’s hatred for their foe. The plate is white to appeal to the enemy. White signifies innocence, purity, and peace. When the enemy sees the plate, they would not guess that it is holding a lethal apple. The grass covers some of the plate up to make the painting more realistic. Grass would naturally get onto the

It is a common belief that the nurture aspect of our personal development has a lot to do with the way we see ourselves and the habits we form due to our past experiences. Unfortunately for Sonny, as well as for many other African Americans throughout history, even before the 1950’s, oppression had been a great burden to deal with on a day to day basis. In “Sonny’s Blues” the author James Baldwin provides us with a family whose lives revolve around this constant reminder that they are a minority and therefore, live a completely different life in Harlem, Manhattan New York where the influences and environment mainly keep one in trouble. Sonny was the brave exception in the family who allowed himself to openly have a fervor for jazz and grows spiritually, beyond the borders of restraint that oppression had placed on those who lived during these times, his passion towards jazz music definitely deepened his connection to his community, his cultural history, his family, and his interior consciousness.

The use of the metaphor puts across the idea that he let the anger grow unchecked, and nurtured the seeds of antipathy. It aids in creating an image for the reader. The metaphor also helps explain the importance of the apple, and how it ties to the strong dislike the narrator has for their neighbor. The poem depicts that Blake projects the idea that aversion is a negative feeling. Even though it impacts the other person more, it can also affect oneself because it can make an individual lose their

Blake conveys the theme of another's actions being the reason for sadistic tendencies through characterization as well. The poem “A Poison Tree” tells of a man whose anger festers until he

In the poem “Ten Tall Oak Trees” the poet is trying to convey a message about how trees

When reading the amazing poem a Poison Tree it show some good values in life. I really think it is about a friendship and they go through problems together. Have you ever had a friend that betrayed you? Betrayal is a bad thing, but it is possible to get it over it. A lot people do not really do not know how to handle it or what to do in that tough situation. Most people do not like confrontation or they avoid the problem. This why people do get mad, but they are sometimes scared to speak up because emotions and feeling towards others.

Blake’s major use literary technique he uses throughout the poem is imagery. The speaker says in line five how he, “watered it in fears.” ( Nester) This is imagery towards fact that he watered his anger towards another with his fears

Here the tree spins around one individual's feeling of hatred, Which is a symbol of the giant and damaging thing that human's outrage can get to be. Obviously, the awful truth of this poem is that both the foe and the speaker have been "poisoned" by the anger, as the speaker is devoured and hurt by his

Grief and loss is a universal human experience. No one experiences it in the exact same way. The more significant the loss the more intense the feelings. Many associate grief with the death of a loved one, which often causes the most intense grief but any loss can cause grief. When people have issues processing grief “normally” than complicated grief and unresolved grief issues may develop. This can become problematic, resulting in a reduced quality of life. The risk factors for experiencing serious symptoms of grief can be connected to the physical and emotional health of the individual. Rather it is due to complicated grief or unresolved grief it is

Most of us have seen things that officers or other Law agency have done to other individual and have stated that it was either an unreasonable search and seizure of items that was found on or in the individuals’ car, house, etc., but why would they consider it unreasonable? This usually ends up being a problem for individuals who do not understand the law or how it applies to certain situations.

A popular characteristic in many of Blake’s poems is the inclusion of biblical allusions to convey meaning. In his poem “A Poison Tree”, Blake uses anaphora, diction, and symbol to allow biblical allusions that depicts the evil that man is capable to come into being. Anaphora is the usage of the same word or phrase at the beginning of every consecutive line. In stanza one, the word ‘I’ begins every line, and later on the word ‘and’ is used seven times to signify the start of some of the lines. The poem is organized in a way that immediately starts off using anaphora and since anaphora is mainly

Religion has been present in the world for as long as man himself. People believe that natural occurrences could only be the work of higher beings. Multiple religions have different gods, traditions, and ceremonies, but they all have one thing in common; people take different viewpoints of a religion to fit into their mindset. William Blake uses this idea to express how he believes people see Christianity and God. In his series named “The Songs of Innocence and Experience,” Blake creates the image of opposing views of similar situations. The poems show the views of the innocent and the experienced. The innocent takes on the roles to show how naivety and children have a joyful and bright look on moments in life. The experienced poems,

The meaning of the poem A Poison Tree is how hatred can be a powerful weapon that can lead to both physical and mental injuries if not controlled on time. In the first stanza of the poem the speaker gets angry with a friend and a foe. The speaker seizes their wrath with the friend, however, the speaker allowed their wrath to grow with their foe, “I was angry with my foe; / I told it not, my wrath did grow.” Throughout the second stanza, the speaker grows their wrath with mixed emotions, “And I water’d it in fears, / Night & morning with my tears: / And I sunned it with smiles, / And with soft deceitful wiles.” As the speaker kept growing their wrath, it blossomed to form new anger, new tricks and plans for destruction, “And it grew both day

Some of William Blake’s poetry is categorized into collections called Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Blake explores almost opposite opinions about creation in his poems “The Lamb” and “The Tiger.” While the overarching concept is the same in both, he uses different subjects to portray different sides of creation; however, in the Innocence and Experience versions of “The Chimney Sweeper,” Blake uses some of the same words, rhyme schemes, and characters to talk about a single subject in opposite tones.