Stanza 1 the poison tree

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A PoisonTreeby William Blake


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William Blake was born in London on Novemb

James, a osier, and !aterine Blake" Two o#

died in in#an&y" 'rom early &ildood, Blake s

visions)at #o*r e saw +od (*t is ead to

aro*nd a%e nine, wile walkin% datro*% te

saw a tree /lled wit an%els" Alto*% is (

dis&o*ra%e im #rom lyin%,0 tey did observ

dierent #rom is (eers and did not #or&e

&onventional s&ool" e learned to read and wr

a%e ten, Blake e$(ressed a wis to be&ome a

(arents sent im to drawin% s&ool" Two yea

be%an writin% (oetry" Wen e t*rned #o*rteen,wit an en%raver be&a*se art s&ool (roved too

Blake4s assi%nments as a((renti&e was to sket&

Westminster Abbey, e$(osin% im to a variety

#rom wi& e wo*ld draw ins(iration tro*%

A#ter is sevenyear term ended, e st*died brie

A&ademy"


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was an%ry wit my #rien told my wrat, my wrat was an%ry wit my #oe9 told it not, my wrat did

And watered it in #ears,Ni%t and mornin% wit mAnd s*nned it wit smilAnd wit so#t de&eit#*l w

And it %rew bot day andTill it bore an a((le bri%And my #oe beeld it si

And e knew tat it was

And into my %arden stoleWen te ni%t ad veile(ole.n te mornin% %lad see:y #oe o*tstret&ed ben

tree"


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Stanza 1

Te (ersona was an%ry wit is #riend" e tim abo*t is #eelin% and te an%er melted

Tey stayed #riends" e was an%ry wit isenemy" e ke(t is #eelin% to imsel# and dsort it o*t" is an%er %rew intense" e be&a

wrat#*l"


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;ay and ni%t, is an%er %rew dee(er" is #and tears made it even worse" e (*t a #rie#a&e to &over *( is an%er"


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Te an%ry #eelin% %rew so stron%ly inside t(ersona tat it be&ame


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Stanza 4

Te


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LAN+@A+> ? =TL>


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