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6.Justify the title of the poem--"Poison tree". |
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Answer» The title of this poem announces its centralmetaphor. The poem is called "A Poison Tree," and at the end a "foe" lies "outstretched beneath a tree" (16) after eating the (possibly poisoned) apple that grows on it. The apple may be poisonous because it is the child of the speaker's anger—it is sustained and grown via negative emotions, and it's been growing for quite a while. This poem isn'tjustabout a weird, poisonous tree, though. The poison tree can be seen as a metaphor for what happens when you stay angry for too long a time |
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