Language

• • "foe" connotes an enemy in war
  • "wrath" a religious link to one of the Seven Deadly Sins and is an extreme use of the word in this


  "I was angry with my foe:

  I told it not my wrath did grow."
• • Sibilance + Rhyme makes it more memorable
  • Huge juxtaposition of "soft deceitful wiles" showing the extent Blake is willing to go (FAKE FACADE)
  • Fake facade link to snake in Garden of Eden


  "And I sunned it with smiles,

  And with soft deceitful wiles."
• • Blake gave birth to a vengeful object
  • "apple" presented as "bright" therefore perfect and tempting to take
  • Religious link to Garden of Eden
  • Sinister tone


  "Till it bore an apple bright."
• • "glad" shows his element of relief/ end of wrath
  • "outstretch'd" indicating his poison/hatred has killed the person
  • Morbid description for something so petty 


  "In the morning glad I see

  My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree."
• Semantic field of the story of the Garden of Eden with use of....


  "apple" + "tree" + "deceitful wiles"