Author: SOPHRONIA BECKFORD
Last saved by: Amy Toliver
Company: CFISD

K- Class Set
Analyzing Writing

Step 1.-Read the following poem.

“A Poison Tree”
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. 

Step 2. - Complete a SOAPSTone chart in your notebook based on the poem.

Step 3. - Make a T-chart with L1 EVIDENCE on the left and L2 ASSOCIATIONS on the right.
List at least 5 separate pieces of evidence on L1 (details, words, images). For each L1, make 3-4 L2 associations.

Step 4.- 10-Line Response
What is the speaker’s purpose in sharing his experience?