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In this poem, the poet, William Blake, talks about his wrath and how it 'grew' and eventually killed his foe. In this poem, the growth of the poet's wrath (I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow) is a metaphor for a tree, as seen in the poem as the poet 'watered it in fears' and 'sunned it with smiles'. The central metaphor that Blake uses in this poem explains a truth of human nature, that hatred or anger grows when left unsettled. It shows us how anger can be subdued by confronting it (I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end), or can grow into a deadly poison as seen later in the poem, as the title suggests, poison tree, which means that poison (the poet's anger) is like a tree which grows and bears fruits and/or...

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