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This poem clearly has rhyming in it. every two lines rhyme their last word. It works well for this poem though. It's an easy way to say don't bottle it up in side or you'll go crazy. It uses a little connotation mixed with a little denotation. It is using real feelings to explain this hidden burden and how it feels to keep it in hiding and also how it feels to release it. The poet is using a matter of fact tone. He is saying this is what it is and this is how it is. This is also how you can control it.
This poem is a poem i havent seen in awhile, it rhymes through out and is pharagraped with 3- 5 sents. i got that it was about a friend, who hurt him and how he cried about it but hid it from others, so they didnt ask what was wrong. i guess i wasnt to sure about the tree? it made him smile, becasue it grew? But i liked the rhyming and word usage.
I actually like this poem a lot. I mean it goes with out saying that many people feel this way. When you are angry with a friend it only seems natural to tell them how you feel, and if you are truly friends you will both get over it. However if you are angry with an enemy, you can handle it in a couple of ways, tell them off and that's that, you look like the crazy, or just bite your tongue and say nothing. In this poem the person bites their tongue and continues to let this anger grow into a "poison tree" and I think the "apple" that the foe takes (which is clearly poisonous) might be a fake "friendship" or trust from the author. The author then turns on this person and takes them down so to speak and that's when they "find the foe outstretch'd beneath the tree"
I can see this being a poem about war and being happy about seeing your foe "outstratched beneath the tree". Was this a poem about war? Was Blake ever a soldier?
It seems that someone made him feel bad so he grew angry or jealous of them and hid it all it inside over a period of time. Did he kill his foe in the end?? I dont understand why his foe would be stretched out under his tree? It doesnt seem like they became friends again. I dont really like the poem, but it has some good rhyming.
when he was angry with his friend, they talked about it and they got over it. With his foe, he kept it inside and it grew stronger. The tree and the apple are metaphorically anger and how it grows into something much larger than what it began as when it is nurtured. This poem was originally titled "Christian forebearance" so I wonder if the author wasn't also making a reference to the apple in the garden of Eden.
yep, I liked it. I think it can be applied to anybody that keeps emotions bottled up. The author likes to talk about how hatred is fueled by subconcious emotions we have. One day we might explode if we can't find a way to release our frustration. There is a rhyme scheme, personification, and alliteration present through out.
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This poem clearly has rhyming in it. every two lines rhyme their last word. It works well for this poem though. It's an easy way to say don't bottle it up in side or you'll go crazy. It uses a little connotation mixed with a little denotation. It is using real feelings to explain this hidden burden and how it feels to keep it in hiding and also how it feels to release it. The poet is using a matter of fact tone. He is saying this is what it is and this is how it is. This is also how you can control it.
This poem is a poem i havent seen in awhile, it rhymes through out and is pharagraped with 3- 5 sents. i got that it was about a friend, who hurt him and how he cried about it but hid it from others, so they didnt ask what was wrong. i guess i wasnt to sure about the tree? it made him smile, becasue it grew? But i liked the rhyming and word usage.
I actually like this poem a lot. I mean it goes with out saying that many people feel this way. When you are angry with a friend it only seems natural to tell them how you feel, and if you are truly friends you will both get over it. However if you are angry with an enemy, you can handle it in a couple of ways, tell them off and that's that, you look like the crazy, or just bite your tongue and say nothing. In this poem the person bites their tongue and continues to let this anger grow into a "poison tree" and I think the "apple" that the foe takes (which is clearly poisonous) might be a fake "friendship" or trust from the author. The author then turns on this person and takes them down so to speak and that's when they "find the foe outstretch'd beneath the tree"
I can see this being a poem about war and being happy about seeing your foe "outstratched beneath the tree". Was this a poem about war? Was Blake ever a soldier?
It seems that someone made him feel bad so he grew angry or jealous of them and hid it all it inside over a period of time. Did he kill his foe in the end?? I dont understand why his foe would be stretched out under his tree? It doesnt seem like they became friends again. I dont really like the poem, but it has some good rhyming.
when he was angry with his friend, they talked about it and they got over it. With his foe, he kept it inside and it grew stronger. The tree and the apple are metaphorically anger and how it grows into something much larger than what it began as when it is nurtured.
This poem was originally titled "Christian forebearance" so I wonder if the author wasn't also making a reference to the apple in the garden of Eden.
I think this poem was very interesting. It made sense the first time i read it. Also i like how it had good rythm
yep, I liked it. I think it can be applied to anybody that keeps emotions bottled up. The author likes to talk about how hatred is fueled by subconcious emotions we have. One day we might explode if we can't find a way to release our frustration. There is a rhyme scheme, personification, and alliteration present through out.
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