Poison Tree
-What emotion is expressed in Stanza 1 ?
Anger
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-Which word in stanza 2 that has the same meaning as “dishonest”?
Deceitful
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-What happened to the persona’s foe eventually and how did the
persona react to this?
The persona’s foe eventually died. He was glad to see his foe outstretched beneath
the tree
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-What would you do if you had a misunderstanding with your enemy?
Suggest 2 ways.
 Talk to my enemy and solve the problem
 ignore my enemy
 -In stanza 1, what happened to the persona when he did not express
his anger?
His anger intensified / grew.
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-In stanza 3, what did the apple refer to?
The apple referred to the persona’s anger / hatred.
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-In stanza 4, why did the persona feel happy?
He felt happy because his foe fell into his trap.
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He felt happy because his foe died under the tree.
-In this poem, the persona was angry with his foe. If you were the
persona’s friend, what advice would you give to him?
Advice 1 . I would advise my friend to speak honestly to his foe so they could clear
the misunderstanding between them
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Advice 2: I would advise my friend to forgive his foe because being angry would only
hurt him and his foe
-What did the persona do when he was angry with his friend?
He told him his wrath and the wrath was gone.
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-In stanza 2, how did the persona allow his anger to grow?
He watered it in fears and tears and sunned it with smiles and deceitful wiles
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-In stanza 3, what does the word it refer to?
The persona’s anger / the poison tree / the tree
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-If you were the persona, would you have been glad to see your “foe
outstretched beneath the tree”? Give a reason to support your answer.
Yes because he had done something bad to me. OR
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No, because we could have forgiven each other’s mistake.