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Poison Tree (Erum (Mood and tone (The tone of this poem bitter, angry,…
Poison Tree
Erum
Mood and tone
The tone of this poem bitter, angry, gloomy, annoyed
The mood of this poem is tense, furious, mad
Relevance to modern day
As for nowadays, most get angry on the slightest of things. People hold grudges and not only that, but as referred in the poem the enemy dies in the end due to a poisons apple. In modern day we use words to poison people. We are not aware that using such strong words could hurt a person.
Farah
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Literary devices
Figurative language
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The wrath (anger) becomes a tree, poison apple. The emotion is followed through an entire growth cycle, until it blossoms into death. which is comparing the apple to a plant
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"I told my wrath, my wrath did end" which gives the poet's anger the ability to end instead of demolish as it is a feeling.
Sound devices
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Repitition
"I was angry with my friend,... I was angry with my foe"
joud
poet background
Born in 1757 in London, England, William Blake began writing at an early age and claimed to have had his first vision, of a tree full of angels, at age 10. He studied engraving and grew to love Gothic art, which he incorporated into his own unique works.
summary
The poem "The Poison Tree" describes the danger of letting anger dwell within oneself. The poem details two scenarios concerning anger. In the first quatrain, the speaker is able to dismiss his anger because a friend made him angry. In the second quatrain, the extended metaphor concerning the poison tree is introduced, and the speaker talks about anger evoked by an enemy. The third quatrain continues to develop an extended metaphor. The fourth quatrain concludes the extended metaphor and reveals that the speaker delights in the destruction of his enemy.
Madawi
Theme:the suppression of anger ,when a person hides or denies their emotions, they will become poisoned with bitterness and more vengefulness.
purpose : Society at that time was encouraged to bottle up emotions and to present a polite and unruffled persona to the world, so the poet wrote this poem to give a moral lesson about dealing with anger .
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