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A Poison Tree by William Blake

            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
             A poison tree is a poem about the growing anger. Just from reading this poem it seemed as Blake Williams poured his whole heart into his work. This poem was published in 1793 written by Blake Williams as we all can tell. There is a meaning behind poems and the language that the writers use. Words are expressed with strong emotions or no emotions what so ever.in order to actually understand literary work, we have to re-read the text, I believe that can help us find the hidden message behind the context.
             This writing of this poem seem to me very paradox. Paradox meaning a statement that seems to say two opposite things but true. What stands out to me is the word Poison, which is something not pleasant to someone's health. Did someone do something wrong, that triggered his anger in this poem? Hmm maybe. Let's see lets analyze the structure and metaphor, paradox and trouble hidden in this poem. In the very beginning of the poison tree is a metaphor that the writer uses to indicate growing anger as I stated in the beginning of this essay. This angry grows from little to an explosion. As we move to the next line 5: And I watered in fears, the writer is referring to a plant being watered and by sun and water in order to stay alive, correct? Yes. We can conclude by reading this poem that a tree consists of plants and being watered every day in order to grow. In this line the anger is feed by water and fears. This is why the anger grows. Following line "night and morning with my tears " meaning is another way of saying night and day. Anger took a toll on him and there is no room for space. Tears may symbolize as pain he suffered. I believe when people are angry they cry at times and there tears keep coming down which in this case those tears are used watering the tree instead of regular water from the pipe. As well as fear a combination of two. Third line and I sunned it with smiles: Sunned another word for Sun another supply for a tree to have some life.


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