A Poison Tree By William Blake - Analysis

A Poison Tree By William Blake

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.                                Anaphora 
I was angry with my foe:                                               Juxtaposition
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I waterd it in fears
Night & 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's shine,
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole,
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretchd beneath the tree.



  The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake is about holding your feelings in. It shows what happens when you just let your anger out, and what happens when you let your anger and your hatred build up inside you for a while. The poem largely uses juxtaposition and anaphora, and since it is a poem, it obviously uses poetic diction. 
 The first stanza shows the beginning of what turns out to be a grisly murder. The main character lets his hate grow within him, and in the second stanza he "watered it in fears". I believe that means that he let his hate grow because of his own insecurities, and hid his anger from everyone around him.
  In the third stanza, the "apple" that our angry protagonist is talking about probably represents his murderous intent. He lets his intent to kill his enemy be known, which explains the "and my foe beheld it's shine, and he knew that it was mine". The fourth stanza's "and into my garden stole, when the night had veiled the pole" represents the foe coming to duel our protagonist to answer his threat. The poem ends with the foe lying dead beneath the "tree" which bore the apple, so I think the tree represents the protagonist himself, standing over his slain enemy.