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Read the poem.

A Poison Tree

by William Blake

I was angry with my friend:

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.

I was angry with my foe:

I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I water’d it in fears,

Night and morning with my tears:

And I sunned it with smiles,

And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,

Till it bore an apple bright;

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole

When the night had veil’d the pole;

In the morning glad I see

My foe outstretch’d beneath the tree.

Read these lines from the poem.

And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

How do these lines refine the theme of the poem?

A) They imply that the speaker is inherently dishonest.

B) They imply that holding onto anger causes the speaker to lie.

C) They imply that holding onto anger brings the speaker happiness.

D) They imply that the speaker has let go of the anger.

There are two scenarios in this poem. The first, where the speaker gets angry with his friend and decides to communicate this feeling, which causes him relief, and the second, where he builds up anger towards his enemy. In this case, he decides to keep such anger to himself, disguising it with smiles and lies, until one day it turns into a " poisonous apple". His enemy eats the apple and finally dies.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-05-23T11:52:38+02:00

The way these lines refine the theme of the poem is that B) They imply that holding onto anger causes the speaker to lie.

What is a Theme?

This refers to the central idea of a text that is used to convey an idea from the writer to the readers.

Hence, we can see that from the given text, there is the narration of the anger of the poet and how this refines the theme because this makes the poet to lie.