A Poison Tree

1. PART A: Which of the following best describes a major theme of the poem?

• 1. Deceitful people are always punished by their own trickery.

• 1. Bottling up one's feelings leads to resentment and even violence.

• 1. Envy and greed can permanently damage a relationship.

• 1. A healthy friendship is built on trust and communication.

1. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

• 1. "I was angry with my friend; / I told my wrath, my wrath did end." (Lines 1-2)

• 1. "And I sunned it with smiles, / And with soft deceitful wiles." (Lines 7-8)

• 1. "And my foe beheld it shine, / And he knew that it was mine." (Lines 11-12)

• 1. "I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my wrath did grow." (Lines 3-4)

1. How do the speaker's actions in the first stanza provoke action in the poem?

• 1. The speaker expresses their anger to their friend but withholds this anger from their foe, creating some tension between the friend and the foe.

• 1. The speaker tricks the foe into trusting them by hiding their anger in the first stanza and offering the foe a poisoned apple later on in the poem.

• 1. The speaker does not express their anger to their foe, and because of this, their anger worsens until it eventually grows into a poisonous tree.

• 1. The speaker acts differently towards their friend than their foe, which makes the foe jealous and pushes them to steal from the speaker.

In stanza 3, the word wiles means -

• a piece of fruit.

• a trick played on someone.

• a type of garden

• a bad friendship.

What type of poem is A Poison Tree?

• narrative/story

• limerick

• haiku

• epic

What point of view is the poem "A Poison Tree" told in?

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person omniscient

What line from the poem conveys the idea that his foe was killed?

• "And my foe beheld it shine,"

• "My foe outstretched beneath the tree."

• "Night & morning with my tears:"

• "I told my wrath,1 my wrath did end."