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32 Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
A Poison Tree
William Blake
3. In stanza 1, give the phrase that says the persona hid his anger.
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6. What is the anger compared to?
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7. Why do you think the persona was crying? What you think the persona
should do?
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8. ' And with soft deceitful lies.' Give the meaning of this line. What does this line tell us
about the persona?
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9. Why did the persona smile even though he was angry? Give ur reasons
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10. 'And it grew both day and night.' What is ‘it’ symbolize?
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12. In your own words, explain the phrase 'soft deceitful wiles'.
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13. If you are the persona, would you do the same thing? Why?
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