Rhetorical Devices In A Poison Tree

The poem titled “A Poison Tree” by William Blake is about how ineffective communication can affect a person. The poem starts with the speaker being able to let out his anger to his friend and was able to end it. Then the speaker was angry at his enemy but held it in and it started to grow into something poisonous. The poem is about how suppressing your emotions can cause consequences. The poem begins with the speaker explaining how he was able to stop his anger towards his friend by talking; however, the speaker was not able to repeat his actions with his enemy. When the speaker communicates with his friend about a conflict we don’t know about, the speaker harbors no hard feelings. But when the speaker faces his enemy, he is not able express