A Poison Tree

Question 1

Context of the poem

Answer 1

A recount of the speaker being mad at their friend. he speaker told their friend about this anger, which subsequently went away. By contrast, when the speaker was angry with an enemy, the speaker kept quiet. Their anger then increased.

Question 2

Name a quote which uses anaphora

Answer 2

“I was angry with my foe, i told it not, my wrath did not grow.”

Question 3

What are the connotations and links from the name of the poem

Answer 3

Negative connotations - danger, death, illness, infection, anger

Links of nature

Question 4

Name a quote which uses rhyming couplets

Answer 4

“And my foe beheld it shine, and he knew that it was mine”

“And it grew both day and night, till it bore an apple bright;”