In "The Poison Tree," how do the speaker's actions in the first stanza provoke action in the poem?
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O The speaker expresses their anger to their friend but withholds this anger
from their foe, creating some tension between the friend and the foe.
The speaker tricks the foe into trusting them by hiding their anger in the
first stanza and offering the foe wine later on in the poem.
The speaker does not express their anger to their foe, and because of this,
their anger worsens until it eventually grows into a poisonous tree.
O The speaker acts differently towards their friend than their foe, which makes
the foe jealous and pushes them to steal from the speaker.
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