Question

poem: the poison tree.

1. What did the poet do when he was angry with his friend?
2. what was the consequence of telling his friend about his wrath ?
3. was the poet able to share his wrath with his foe ?
4. how did the poet nourish this wrath ?
5. what fruit did this tree bear?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The poet says that he was angry with his friend. When he told him about it, his anger ended. The poet was angry with his enemy. When he did not tell it, his anger grew.

2. When he told him about it, his anger ended. The poet was angry with his enemy. When he did not tell it, his anger grew. As his anger grew he gave more life to it with his fears and tears.

3. The poet confessed that when he was angry with his enemy, he did not reveal his anger to his enemy. He feared that if he expressed his anger to him, his enemy would do harm to him. ... Thus, he watered the tree of anger with his tears, allowing the anger to grow.

4. This is a very powerful, meaningful poem by William Blake. Here he picturises the effects of suppressed anger. ... He has various fears about the enemy, and these fears 'water' the anger. His apprehensions about the enemy and the consequent tears he sheds, too nurture the anger.

5. The poem uses an extended metaphor to describe the speaker's anger as growing into a tree that bears poisonous apples. The speaker's enemy then eats an apple from the tree and dies.

Answer 2

Answer:

1.The anger ended when the speaker expressed his anger.

Explanation:

2.The speaker afraid of the consequences.