A POISON TREE Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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CONTEXT
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Focuses on nature as a destructive and powerful force and human emotions
Anti-establishment figure
Loved the Bible but hated Church of England: allusion to the Book of Genesis
From Songs of Experience - book about adulthood
2
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STRUCTURE
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First person
End-stopped lines
Caesura
Anaphora/ enjambment/ volta in final stanza
3
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FORM
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Regular rhyme scheme
Regular alternating rhythm
Four quatrains
All three of the above are consistent like his anger
Sounds like a nursery rhyme: moral message
4
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QUOTATIONS
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“i told it not, my wrath did grow.”
“My foe”
“It grew both day and night”
“bore an apple bright”
“And he knew that it was mine”
“glad I see my foe outstretched beneath the tree”
“Watered it in fears”
5
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Key themes
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anger, nature, effects of conflict, individual experiences
