A Poison Tree
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- Q1Which of the following symbolizes the speaker's growing anger?gardenpoisontreeapple30s
- Q2In the poem, what does the apple symbolize?The foe was the apple of his eyenonethe 'fruit' of anger, violenceRevenge30s
- Q3Which of the following is one of the themes?suppressing forgivenessrationality and moderationimportance of truthfulnesssuppressing anger30s
- Q4What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?ab acab cdab abaa bb30s
- Q5Which one of the following is not the literary device used in the poem?alliterationrepetitioncontrastHyperbole30s
- Q6Which line indicates that the speaker's wrath increased over time?i was angry with my foeand it grew both day and nightnight and morning with my tearstill it bore an apple bright30s
- Q7Which of the following is the persona's character?vengefuldeceitfulangryfearful30s
- Q8The word 'outstretched' meanssleptdeadsatrelaxed30s
- Q9Why did the author's angry grow?he refused to face his enemyhe wanted to get his revenge on his enemyhis enemy kept on teasing himhe didn't tell his enemy why he was angry30s
- Q10The word 'beheld' meansnoticedstolecaused toimagined30s