Which of the following best describes the theme of this poem and how it is presented? A Poison Tree
by William Blake

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.

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. The lack of rhythm or meter brings out the conflict between suppressing and expressing anger against one’s foes.

B. The childlike tone reveals the contrasting cunningness and cruelty with which one goes about destroying one’s foes.

C. The repetitive use of alliteration highlights the obsession with competing and gaining an advantage over one’s foes.

D. The regular AABB rhyme brings out the natural tendency to make neighbors jealous of one’s blooming garden.

A

Explanation: Immediately, you can conclude that Answer D is wrong. There is no childlike tone or alliteration either. So, that leaves us with A. If you are still doubtful, this question has also already been asked-

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in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

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