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"A Poison Tree" by William Blake — Quiz Question What happens to the speaker's foe at the end of "A Poison Tree"?
AThe foe forgives the speaker and reconciles with him.
BThe foe steals the speaker's golden apple and escapes unharmed.
CThe foe is found dead beneath the speaker's apple tree.✓
DThe foe confronts the speaker, and the speaker admits his anger. The poem ends with the speaker finding his foe "outstretched beneath the tree" in the morning, dead — a consequence of eating the poisoned apple that grew from the speaker's cultivated anger.
"A Poison Tree" by William Blake — Quiz Question What happens to the speaker's foe at the end of "A Poison Tree"?
AThe foe forgives the speaker and they reconcile.
BThe foe steals the apple and is found dead beneath the tree in the morning.✓
CThe foe plants his own poison tree in revenge.
DThe speaker confesses his anger and the foe flees.
Rationale
In the last stanza, the speaker's foe sneaks into the garden and eats the poisoned apple that grew from the speaker's repressed anger, only to be discovered "outstretched beneath the tree" the next morning — dead. Blake highlights this outcome to illustrate the damaging effects of hidden anger.