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10/13/2008 10:49:11 PM
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(1757 - 1827)
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A Poison Tree
 
  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.

William Blake


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Sazarh Natisi (9/9/2008 11:25:00 PM)
We had to analyze this poem in class and we all had no clue about it! but when we tried to analyze it as a class we all understood and we thought WOW! what a poem! i love this poem. the way it is written that is.
Tavis Fong (5/26/2008 5:01:00 PM)
@Brian Dorn

He KILLED the guy at the end.

Just so you know...since it doesn't really seem like you caught that....stretched out beneath the tree indeed...after having consumed a poison apple grown with fear and hate and tears.

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