Reader-Response Critical Approach Towards Analysing William Blake's "A Poison Tree"
Reader-Response Critical Approach Towards Analysing William Blake's "A Poison Tree" by Adeyemi Joshua By Adeyemi Joshua. In my own view, William Blake's "A Poison Tree" is an allegorical piece: painting a particular picture that contains another impression or concept, though related to it. The title of the Poem only already possess a power of commanding and arresting attention. The image of a particular tree that is poisonous is presented by Blake. Perhaps, no one knows whay inspired him to choose that title as what befit the piece ,but prior to this literary theory I.e "Reader-Response Critical theory", laying emphasis on this is of no use because the reflection of the reader on the piece is to be noted and highly revered. Let the Analysis begins: Starting from the title, "A Poison Tree", their is a precise impression it gives to me: an evil tree that has fruits that contain venomous poison to harm . What...