English Test Prac Poison Tree Answers
English Test Prac Poison Tree Answers
by William Blake
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Personification is using words to give human-like qualities to objects or animals. It makes readers
sympathise or relate to the object or animal as if it were a person.
4) What effect is created in this poem by using metaphors? Give an example to prove your point.
The poem uses a metaphor to compare growing anger with a growing a poisonous tree. It
encourages the audience to look at unresolved anger in a new way by emphasizing how it can be
deadly, fatal, leading to murder. This is more likely to influence the reader in the future because
such a dramatic and powerful visual image is difficult to forget.
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Analyse the poem using the SPECS / SLIMS guide on the planner below.
Use the planner below to plan your response.
Write your response on page 7.
SPECS / SLIMS
Subject Matter
William Blake
How unresolved anger can lead to murder
Purpose/Theme/Message
Emotions/Mood/Tone
Craftsmanship/Technique
Summary
Structure
N/A
Language
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Imagery
Quote an example.
Movement/Rhythm
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Sounds
Quote an example.
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The poem uses a metaphor to compare growing anger with a growing a poisonous tree. It
encourages the audience to look at unresolved anger in a new way by emphasizing how it can be
deadly, fatal, leading to murder. This is more likely to influence the reader in the future because
such a dramatic and powerful visual image is difficult to forget.
The poem uses pairs of contrasts such as: friend and foe, day and night, water and sunned,
tears and smiles, as well as grow and end/die. These contrasts help reinforce the moral. The
moral is that you should communicate openly about your anger or it will become destructive. The
contrasts help show the difference between expressing your anger (it ends) and harboring a grudge.
(it grows). This contrast is as opposite ands day and night. The connection between water and tears,
and the sun and the smiles make the growing anger more vivid.
An allusion is used with the words bore an apple bright because it refers to the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil (Bible story about Adam and Eve). It emphasises how tempting
it is to want to get revenge on your enemies.
TASK:
NOW you have a go at changing the notes from the planning sheet into a paragraph!