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A Poison Tree. William Blake Poem Appreciation
P. S. Remesh Chandran
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum
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Eighteenth century-science and philosophy beautifully merges in William Blake’s poems.
Nobody will believe an apple tree became poisonous enough to kill a man.
It grew well both day and night, till it bore an apple bright. Tempted by the richness and beauty of the fruit, one night, his enemy stole into the poet's garden, ate the fruit and died then and there. In the morning, the poet was only glad to see his enemy lying stretched out under the tree. He feels no regret for his act of wickedness. But a dead man lying in his garden may sure pose problems and cause him trouble. Nobody will believe an apple tree became poisonous enough to kill a man.
Written in: February 1995
First published on: 03 December 2019
About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran:
Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single.
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A Poison Tree. William Blake Poem Appreciation
P. S. Remesh Chandran
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum
We hold the conviction that nature is kind and benevolent to man. It is not. It is a fight, a constant struggle, to remain alive in this world. From the very moment he is born, man is fighting against extinction, against death, for his continued existence. It is for continuing this struggle effectively, and efficiently, that evil as well as goodness is incorporated in man. Man harbors good and evil in him. Circumstances and instincts decide which one of them is to dominate.
Eighteenth century-science and philosophy beautifully merges in William Blake’s poems.
William Blake (England, 1757-1827) was primarily a painter whose poems have great symbolic significance. Eighteenth century-science and philosophy beautifully merges in his poems. Here, a man becomes angry with his friend, reveals his anger and his hatred end. But when he became angry with his enemy, he told it to no one and his hatred grew inside him. The wrath ended in one case and grew in the other. Such is the setting of human mind. The man nurses wickedness and it grows fully into an apple tree. As the tree was nourished and nutritioned by his wickedness, it grew into a poison tree. His grief and fear was water to the tree and his inferior cunning tricks, its sunshine. The poet's description of the growth of the poison tree is logical and scientific.
Nobody will believe an apple tree became poisonous enough to kill a man.
It grew well both day and night, till it bore an apple bright. Tempted by the richness and beauty of the fruit, one night, his enemy stole into the poet's garden, ate the fruit and died then and there. In the morning, the poet was only glad to see his enemy lying stretched out under the tree. He feels no regret for his act of wickedness. But a dead man lying in his garden may sure pose problems and cause him trouble. Nobody will believe an apple tree became poisonous enough to kill a man.
William Blake was a very religious person. The bright apple mentioned here has strong reference to the apple in the Garden of Eden, the eating of which forbidden fruit brought Death into this World.
Written in: February 1995
First published on: 03 December 2019
About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran:
Author Profile Of P S Remesh Chandran By Sahyadri Archives.
Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single.
Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/psremeshchandra.trivandrum
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PSRemeshChandra
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/bloombooks/videos
Blog: http://sahyadribooks-remesh.blogspot.com/
Site: https://sites.google.com/site/timeuponmywindowsill/
E-Mail: bloombookstvm@gmail.com
Post: P. S. Remesh Chandran, Editor, Sahyadri Books, Trivandrum, Padmalayam, Nanniyode, Pacha Post, Trivandrum- 695562, Kerala State, South India.
Tags:
Children’s Literature, Free Student Notes, English Essays Articles Literature, Good And Evil, Poem Appreciations, Survival Of Man, The Poison Tree, William Blake,
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