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Content and Style in Emily Dickinson's Poems

Question 2 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006P

Read the end of Blake’s poem, and then complete the statements. | Based on the extended metaphor, what kind of apple grows from the tree? | Based on the extended metaphor, what is the poem’s message about anger?

Answer
A
Anger can turn into something dangerous.
B
Anger is a way to damage a friendship.
C
Anger may motivate others to plant poison trees.

Explanation

The tree grows a bright apple that attracts the speaker’s foe, who then lies dead beneath it. The apple is therefore poisonous in the extended metaphor, showing that anger can grow into something dangerous. Choice A, “Anger can turn into something dangerous,” expresses that message.

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