a poison tree

• themes

  • anger (suppressed)
  • nature
  • biblical connotations
  • karma
  • revenge
• context

  • william blake
  • romantic poet
  • power of nature
• quotes

  • i was angry with my foe
  • water'd it in fears
  • soft deceitful wiles
• structure

  • anaphora
  • rhyming couplets
  • biblical imagery
• compare to cousin kate or extract from the prelude