Poison Tree

William Blake in his poem, The Poison Tree, concluded that by informing the other person in a situation of controversy taking place, it created peace, which was shown in the first stanza. Also included in the first stanza was the growing wrath between the narrator and his enemy due to not admitting the situation's problem. William Blake was showing a large difference between two essential factors of expressing feelings. To have someone close, and express feelings when necessary, is very important, to help mend the soul in a bad situations. William Blake forgave his friend right away, and eased the anger, while with his foe; not forgetting what he had done made the rage form more. This effected Blake’s inner conscience by feeding it anger as the days grew on, not knowing what it would turn into, as shown in the second stanza.  The second major factor proposed by William Blake in his poem, is not to hold secret grudges against enemies. Tensions will build up causing evil to take over eventually and having results not wanted. Blake did not intentionally want to harm his enemy, however, irony caught up, and Blake’s enemy ended up getting dying. Even though Blake did not want to kill his foe on purpose, he died from Blake’s apple made by his anger toward the foe.Stanza three is where the shinning red apple is created; making the foe interested in the hidden meaning it held. 

 A relating story example to this poem of William Blake’s, is “The Garden of Eden.”  This story has a high likeness containing much symbolism of deceitfulness. As in the Garden of Eden, the fruit of knowledge of good and evil was not supposed to be eaten due to much risk of the unknown, while the shining apple in; “The Poison Tree” was made up of the author's fears and tears, not knowing what it could cause.  The same outcome occurred with the unknown fruit being eaten by the curious souls, it was meant for. This then had a negative impact on the outcome. If the author in “The Poison Tree” were to tell the enemy in the beginning how he was feeling, there would never of been a fateful ending.