Poison Tree William Blake

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Background Information

Blake published his first book of poetry, Songs of Innocence in 1789. The poems dealt with lighthearted topics and celebrated the simple joys of human existence. Five years later, he published Songs of Experience, which addressed the darker aspects of life. In Songs of Experience, Blake focuses on mankind’s fallen nature and the various failings and sufferings that plague the human race. His poem “A Poison Tree” highlights the damaging effects of anger and deceit and specifically contradicts the anger management etiquette of his contemporaries. In the 1700s, many Westerners considered anger an impolite sentiment and encouraged one another to suppress their anger. Blake disagreed with this practice and believed that suppressing one’s anger led to increased emotional disturbance. In “A Poison Tree”, originally entitled “Christian Forbearance”, Blake implies that the healthy practice is to express one’s anger frankly and move on.

To fully understand “A Poison Tree”, many students will find it helpful to review the biblical story of Adam and Eve. The poem contains a number of allusions to Chapter 3 of the book of Genesis. In the story, Adam and Eve eat from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. After disobeying God by eating the fruit of the tree, Adam and Eve gain new knowledge, but at a high price. As a result of their first sin, they are banished from the Garden of Eden and lose the peaceful, immortal existence they had led there. Instead, they face suffering and eventual death. The knowledge that Adam and Eve gain by eating the fruit is a kind that strips them of the peaceful innocence that had previously known. In this way, their story echoes Blake’s emphasis in Songs of Experience. Experience, like the fruit, leads to pain and even death. The link between Blake’s “poison tree” and the story of Adam and Eve continues in the poem’s symbolically poisonous apple, the use of the garden setting, and the snake-like sibilance of the alliterative “s” sounds. Students intrigued by “A Poison Tree” will find further discussion of this metaphorical tree and humanity’s fallen nature in Blake’s poem, “The Divine Image.”

Essential Questions for “A Poison Tree”

1. What does the poem say about revenge?
2. Why is anger like a poison?
3. How does the metaphor of a living tree affect the message of the poem?

Često postavljana pitanja o knjizi "Otrovno drvo" Williama Blakea

Koja je glavna poruka Blakeove pjesme „Otrovno stablo“?

Glavna poruka pjesme „Otrovno stablo“ jest da potiskivanje ljutnje umjesto izražavanja može dovesti do destruktivnih posljedica. Blake koristi metaforu otrovnog stabla kako bi prikazao kako skriveni gnjev raste i šteti i osobi koja ga osjeća i njenoj okolini.

Kako mogu podučavati pjesmu „Otrovno stablo“ učenicima srednjoškolskog ili visokog obrazovanja?

Za podučavanje „Otrovnog stabla“ koristite aktivnosti poput mapiranja metafora, analize simbolike pjesme i uspoređivanja s pričom Adama i Eve. Potaknite raspravu o kontroli ljutnje, osveti i posljedicama potisnutih emocija kako bi učenici mogli povezati pjesmu s vlastitim iskustvima.

Zašto je ljutnja uspoređena s otrovom u pjesmi?

Ljutnja je uspoređena s otrovom jer, kada je potisnuta, postaje štetnija s vremenom. Blake prikazuje kako potisnuta ljutnja može rasti poput otrovnog stabla i na kraju naštetiti i sebi i drugima.

Koje su zanimljive ideje za lekcije o „Otrovnom stablu“?

Zanimljive ideje za lekcije uključuju izradu storyboardova događaja u pjesmi, istraživanje biblijskih aluzija, raspravu o prednostima i nedostacima izražavanja i potiskivanja ljutnje te pisanje osobnih razmišljanja o utjecaju emocija.

Kako metafora stabla poboljšava značenje „Otrovnog stabla“?

Metafora stabla u „Otrovnom stablu“ živopisno prikazuje kako ljutnja, poput sjemena, može rast i postajati sve opasnije ako se ne adresira. To pomaže učenicima vizualizirati emocionalni rast i njegove posljedice.