Question

With whom was the poet angry? What was the role of Tree in the poem?
In the poem The Poison tree

Answer 1

Answer:

Here, Blake condemns one who cultivates wrath and the effects of it. His anger became a tree that bears an apple like the Tree of knowledge in the 'Garden of Eden'. The poet tempts his enemy, like the serpent in the Bible, to eat it with his deceitful smile. His enemy is poisoned by his anger and dies.