In William Blake’s poem “A poison Tree,” the tree stands for ……….

AThe need to eat and drink

BNature’s beauty

CThe speaker’s opponent

DThe speaker’s fury

The poem: A Poison Tree


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 water’d 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