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A Poison Tree

A Summary and Analysis of William Blake’s ‘A Poison Tree’

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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘A Poison Tree’, one of the most famous poems by William Blake (1757-1827), was first published in Blake’s 1794 volume Songs of Experience. Below we offer some words of analysis on this classic poem.

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Categories Literature Tags A Poison Tree, Analysis, Close Reading, English Literature, Poetry, Romanticism, Summary, William Blake 8 Comments

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