A Poison Tree By William Blake – Full Text Of the Poem
A POISON TREE BY WILLIAM BLAKE – In this topic, we are going to read the full text of the poem A Poison Tree written by William Blake.
As mentioned above, this poem was written by 19th century Romantic writer William Blake. The poem is published in 1794 and is part of his collection called Songs of Experience.
The poem describes the narrator’s repressed feelings of anger towards a person. These emotions will eventually lead to murder.
It also explores themes of indignation, revenge, and the fallen state of minkind.
Here is the full text of the poem uplifted from AllPoetry:
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
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