Language

• "It grew both day and night" - the anger grows quickly, without any control from the speaker
• What does the simplistic language in the poison tree add to?

  Adds to sinister nursery rhyme

  No words over 2 syllables
• What do simple conjunctions indicate?


  Lack of explanation

  Ambigous
• Connotations of soft deceitful wiles


  Juxtaposing Snake Adam and Eve story

  The tragic downfall of the character
• What did the extended metaphor of the tree mean?

  Extended metaphor of the manifestation of anger