Comment on the themes presented in the poem a poison tree (8marks) plzzzzzzz sooonnn give me answers it's emergency
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This poem in one sense reads like a nursery rhyme but carries with it a potent message that is still relevant for today. Anger management has become a focal issue for many in society and Blake's prescient poem hits the nail on the head with its antithetical argument for letting go of negative energy.
With repeated emphasis on the self - seventeen times I, my, mine - the speaker courageously suggests that responsibility for managing anger is personal. If it is left to fester and not dealt with then the consequences could be dire.
Something has upset the speaker, be it trivial or serious, but things have been smoothed over because the anger (wrath) was released - he told his friend - the air has been cleared and they can both move onwards and upwards.
In contrast, the speaker's relationship with an enemy has gone badly wrong, simply because the anger he felt was not communicated. The anger began to grow, like a tree, inside his heart and mind. This troubled him greatly, he cried tears of anguish, and despite appearing happy enough in the outside world, inside things were turning toxic. He lost all trust in himself and started to make up stories to try and cover things.
After a certain length of time the anger became a metaphorical poison apple, bright and shiny perhaps like the one in the fairytale Sleeping Beauty, like the apple Adam and Eve shared in the Garden of Eden. His enemy is taken in by this shining attractive fruit - they are both affected by this toxic emotion - but one more than the other.
Tempted, the enemy, in the dead of night, when both are at extremes in their relationship (poles apart), takes the forbidden fruit, eats it and dies. The conflict hasn't been resolved in an amicable manner and the outcome is disaster. Both have suffered from the destructive effects of the suppressed (unconscious) anger.
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