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 watered 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 veiled the pole;
In the morning, glad, I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

Question 1
Part A

What can be inferred about the speaker's feelings toward his foe?

The speaker becomes indifferent to his foe and moves on.

The speaker chooses to get past his anger and forgives his enemy.

The speaker's anger toward his foe becomes toxic and poisons the speaker's mind.

The speaker keeps his anger inside until it erupts into violence.
Question 2
Part B

Which lines from the poem best support the answer in Part A?

"And I sunned it with smiles / And with soft deceitful wiles."

"And I watered it in fears / Night and morning with my tears,"

"In the morning, glad, I see / My foe outstretched beneath the tree."

I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my wrath did grow." ?

A. ) The speaker keeps his anger inside until it erupts into violence

B. ) In the morning, flad, I see / My foe outstretched beneath the tree

Explanation:

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).