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The poem's central contrast

The poem's central contrast

In “A Poison Tree”, the speaker treats anger in two different ways. When angry with a friend, he speaks openly and the anger ends, but when angry with an enemy, he hides the feeling and allows it to grow.

2.2.1 A Poison Tree by William Blake Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.2.1 A Poison Tree by William Blake

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.2.1 A Poison Tree by William Blake. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.

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