Question

Paraphrase the following stanza.
"And I water 'd it in fears
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.”​

Answer 1

Answer:

This stanza is from William Blake’s poem A Poison Tree.  

In this stanza the poet says he allowed his anger against his enemy to grow by using the water of his tears in his fears. He made it warm using his smiles and tricks. His purpose was to trick his enemy.  

Explanation:

In the last stanza, the poet writes, he succeeded in killing his enemy by luring him to eat the apple he had grown on his poison tree.

Answer 2

This stanza is taken from “A Poison Tree” by William Blake.

The poet says that his anger against the enemy grew while crying in fears. He tried to deceit the enemy with his smiles and tactics.

He used his charm to trick the enemy, and later on killed him by feeding a poisonous apple; he grew on his poisonous tree.