1. I was angry with my friend 

    I told my wrath, my wrath did end

       a) Whom does ‘I’  refers to? 

             ‘I’ refers to the poet, William Blake. 

       b) How did the anger of poet come to an end? 

             The poet told the reason for his anger to his friend. The anger came to an end 

2 And I watered it in fears 

   Night and morning with my tears; 

         a) What does ‘it’ refers to? 

               ‘It’ refers to anger.

         b) How is ‘it’ watered? 

                It is watered with fears and tears of the poet. 

3. In the morning glad I see 

    My foe outstretched beneath the tree 

          a) How did the poet feel in the morning? 

                  He felt glad in the morning.  

          b) Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here? 

                  The p person on whom the poet is angry with. 

          c) Why was the foe’ found lying outstretched beneath the tree?  

                  The ‘foe’ ate the apple from the poison tree of anger. So he fell below the tree. 

4. And it grew both day and night,

    Till it bore an apple bright 

          a)  Who does ‘it’ refer to? 

                  It refers to anger, that is personified to the poison tree. 

          b) What does ‘apple’ signify? 

                  Apple indicates anger. 

         c) What grew both day and night? 

                  Anger, that is personified to the poison tree, grew both day and night.

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS 

B. Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words: 

      Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his __(i) __and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he __(ii)__ it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears allowing it to grow. He __(iii)__ his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which __(iv)__ his foe to eating it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying __(v)__ under the tree 

(i) anger 

(ii) suppressed 

(iii) faced 

(iv) attracted 

(v) outstretched

TEXTUAL : PARAGRAPH QUESTIONS: 

      The poet expresses his anger towards his friend as well as his enemy But he specified the difference between two types of anger. He told that when he was angry with friend he convinced his own heart to forgive his friend. He sorted out the differences with his friend by expressing his anger to him and by discussing his own points of view with him Even if he was hurt and he knew that his friend had done injustice to hi he would have tried his best to forget the past and end the feeling of vengeance ihis heart. In this way, the poet’s anger, with his friend, came to an end. 

2. Describe how his anger kept growing? 

       The poet confessed that when he was angry with his enemy, he did not reveal his anger so his enemy. He feared that if he expressed his anger to him, his enemy wold de harm to him. So he suppressed his anger. Day and night he shed tears thinking about the ill or the injustice that had been caused by his enemy to him. Thus, he watered the tree of anger with his tears, allowing the anger to grow He also aroused his anger with his false smiles and cunning tricks towards his enemy. Since the poet kept his anger within himself and had his own fear and tears, his anger kept growing every day. 

3. Describe the effect of the poisonous fruit on the ‘enemy. 

       The poet, william Blake, revealed his anger to his friend and the anger ended But when the poet concealed his anger from his enemy, the anger gre It grew like a er that bore a bright apple. His enemy saw the shining apple. Even though he knew that the apple belonged to the port, he wanted to have it So the enemy came secretly into the garden when it was night and ate the apple. la the morning the changed into gladoes when he found the enemy outstretched under the poison tree The apple in the tree of anger symbolizes the poisonous effect. 

D. Poem Appreciation : Figures of speech: 

Pick out at least two instances of alliteration from the poem: 

Ans: 

     1. I was angry with my foe. 

     2. Night and morning with my tears.

     3. And I sunned it with smiles. 

     4. Till it bore an apple bright. 

1. 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 

i) Pick out the rhyming words. 

     Ans: friend – end, foe – grow 

     Ans: aabb 

iii) Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem. 

      Ans: Metaphor. 

2. And I watered it in fears 

    Night and morning with my tears; 

     Ans: Personification.

1. Recall a recent situation when you became angry. What were the consequences of your anger? After listening to the guidelines on anger management, find out how well you could have handled the situation. Write your findings. 

    Ans:  I got angry when I did not find a place to sit in a bus. I went to school with anger. When I listened to the methods of anger management, I learnt to your own ideas. Ans apologise and forget the situation. It made me happy.

2. What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how  you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse. 

    

     Ans: One situation of theenmitywithafriendmighthavebeen his refusal tohelp when he was in need. I was waiting in a place for the rain to stop. It became very late. I could not find any bus. After some time I saw my friend coming in his car. When I tried to stop him for a lift he did not stop and drove away. This made me very angry. I did not talk to him for many days. He forgot to bring his pen for the exam. Since I was his friend I just took this as a chance to place him in the same coin and refused to help him. Now both of us became enemies to each other.

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