William Blake's Poem 'The Utterly Perfect Murder'

In William Blake's poem, "The Poison Tree," the writer is angry with his friend and as he tells his friend he is angry at him, his anger leaves, “his wrath did end”. Oddly enough, when he is angry at his enemy his anger is kept to himself and sort of stays inside him. The anger that is inside him grows as it is being “watered by fear” and it’s source of sunlight is smiles. All of this anger grows into a poison tree (as it is show in the title, The Poison Tree). This tree, created from anger grows a bright apple which catches the enemy’s eye. He then eats it, knowing it doesn’t belong to him. There is an angry tone show in this poem, starting with how the writer is “angry at his friend” then him becoming “angry at his foe”. This anger is surprisingly shown in a calm way as the words sort of flow together when they rhyme. "The Utterly Perfect Murder", written by Ray Bradbury is a story about a man who randomly comes across the idea, on his 48th birthday, that he is going to murder Ralph Underhill. He tells his wife he is going on an adventure when she wakes up. He boards a train and heads cross country to the town he lived in when he was younger. During this journey the man remembers that Ralph only gave him scars and humiliation, but to him it “symbolized’ their friendship. And
They’ll be there for your best of times, and there to make fun of your worst. You’ll always want to gain some type of revenge after what they’ve done to you. “In the morning glad I see;/ My Foe outstretched beneath the tree” (Blake 15). You’ll have fear and tears in your eyes wishing you had the better life that everyone else did. Thinking, why you possibly had to be given the worst. But, don’t sit there and think or cry. Go out and have your revenge (in a good/ clean way of course) be done. Don’t eat an apple knowing it’s theirs. Be silent, walk away from them, give them something that they would of never thought you would do. Be the stronger