A Poison Tree, William Blake
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Publicado: 27 de febrero de 2013
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A poison tree
A I was angry with my friend:
A I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
B I was angry with my foe:
B I told it not, my wrath did grow.
C And Iwatered it in fears,
C Night and morning with my tears:
D And I sunned it with smiles,
D And with soft deceitful wiles.
E And it grew both day and night,
E Till it bore anapple bright.
F And my foe beheld it shine.
F And he knew that it was mine,
G And into my garden stole
G When the night had veiled the pole;
H In the morning glad I see,
HMy foe outstretched beneath the tree.
William Blake
NOTE: On bold the tone and rhythm. Highlighted words are the rhyming ones
1. What is the title of the poem?
“A Poison Tree”
2.Who is the author? When did s/he write it?
William Blake , from Songs of Experience, 1794
3. Where did you find the poem? (Book, website, etc.)http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/william_blake_2004_9.pdf
4. Literary period or group (Romanticism, Victorian age, Native-American poetry, African-American poetry...).
Romanticism
5. Main topic.
Revenge
6. Number ofstanzas and/or number of lines.
Four stanzas and sixteen lines
7. Rhythm, meter and rhyme.
A-A, B-B , C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G, H-H
8. Do you find a relevant connection between the rhymingwords and the topic?
I believe there is some sort of connection between friend, end, foe, grow, tears, fears, smiles, wiles and the main topic, but only those words, not the rest of them.
Because allof these mentioned words are relevant to revenge, I think.
9. Are there any metaphors or similes?
No similes, but on the 3rd stanza, the whole idea of the apple tree is a metaphor of his wrathgrowing
10. Do you find any example of hyperbaton?
My wrath did end, my wrath did end are examples of hyperbaton because he could say my wrath ended, and my wrath grew, but instead he is...
A poison tree
A I was angry with my friend:
A I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
B I was angry with my foe:
B I told it not, my wrath did grow.
C And Iwatered it in fears,
C Night and morning with my tears:
D And I sunned it with smiles,
D And with soft deceitful wiles.
E And it grew both day and night,
E Till it bore anapple bright.
F And my foe beheld it shine.
F And he knew that it was mine,
G And into my garden stole
G When the night had veiled the pole;
H In the morning glad I see,
HMy foe outstretched beneath the tree.
William Blake
NOTE: On bold the tone and rhythm. Highlighted words are the rhyming ones
1. What is the title of the poem?
“A Poison Tree”
2.Who is the author? When did s/he write it?
William Blake , from Songs of Experience, 1794
3. Where did you find the poem? (Book, website, etc.)http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/william_blake_2004_9.pdf
4. Literary period or group (Romanticism, Victorian age, Native-American poetry, African-American poetry...).
Romanticism
5. Main topic.
Revenge
6. Number ofstanzas and/or number of lines.
Four stanzas and sixteen lines
7. Rhythm, meter and rhyme.
A-A, B-B , C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G, H-H
8. Do you find a relevant connection between the rhymingwords and the topic?
I believe there is some sort of connection between friend, end, foe, grow, tears, fears, smiles, wiles and the main topic, but only those words, not the rest of them.
Because allof these mentioned words are relevant to revenge, I think.
9. Are there any metaphors or similes?
No similes, but on the 3rd stanza, the whole idea of the apple tree is a metaphor of his wrathgrowing
10. Do you find any example of hyperbaton?
My wrath did end, my wrath did end are examples of hyperbaton because he could say my wrath ended, and my wrath grew, but instead he is...
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