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 has been taken from the poem, A Poison Tree, by William Blake.

In this poem, the poet has described the increase and growth of his anger towards his enemy. Here, he used a figurative speech for describing his anger like a plant. Like a plant, he watered his anger using his ‘fears’ and ‘tears’. He ensured that his anger received a lot of sunshine in the form of ‘smiles’ and deceit or tricks.

Thus, he has implied that he is planning something sinister against his enemy.

Answer 2

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.........

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