NLC_LESSON-20-ENGLISH

1. LESSON 20
Reading the Text-
Narrative Poem

2. William Blake

3. William Blake
(1757-1827)
William Blake was one of the greatest poets in the
English language, also ranks among the most original
visual artists of the Romantic era. He was born in London
1757 into a working-class family with strong nonconformist
religious beliefs, Blake first studied art as a boy, at the
drawing academy of Henry Pars.

4. Wrath Foe
Deceitful wiles Pole
anger enemy
-where someone hides
their true feelings in order
to trick their enemy
-the Polar Star, which in those
days, before electricity,
together with the moon,
provided light at night
Vocabulary

5. I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears.
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
A Poison Tree

6. And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it 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 outstretched beneath the tree.
A Poison Tree

7. Q1. Who are the main
characters in the poem?

8. The poet, his friend and
his foe.

9. Q2. What is the difference
between how the poet treats
his friend and his foe?

10. He tells his friend the reasons for his anger and
so the anger disappears; he keeps it bottled up
inside with his foe which makes the anger worse

11. Q3. How does the poet react at the end of the
poem? What do you think of him? Give a reason
for your answer.

12. He enjoys seeing his foe destroyed. Be prepared
for a range of responses from admiring how
clever he is in getting revenge to dislike because
he ‘kills’ someone.

13. Directions: Fill in the missing word by replacing
the image in the poem. Each group will be given
30 seconds to finish the task.
Activity 2: Fill Me

14. I was angry with my ____;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my ____
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
A Poison Tree

15. I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe,
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Answer

16. And I watered it in ____.
Night and morning with my ___:
And I sunned it with ____,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
A Poison Tree

17. And I watered it in fears.
Night and morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smile,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
Answer

18. And it grew both day and ___.
Till it bore an ____ bright.
And my foe beheld it ___.
And he knew that it was mine.
A Poison Tree

19. And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine.
Answer

20. And into my ____ stole,
When the night had veiled the ____;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the ___.
A Poison Tree

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

22. -END-