Essays on A Poison Tree

A Poison Tree by William Blake is part of the Songs of Experience series. The narrator expresses frustration towards an entity, and the emotional sentiment eventually leads to the narrator murdering the person. The poem is centered on a tree, which was used to depict Knowledge in the Garden of…

A Poison Tree is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is a story of a narrator who’s repressed anger leads him to murder. Read this poem and you’ll see why it’s an important poem. It’s an excellent example of William Blake’s unique style…