"A Poison Tree" William Blake (British accent)
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Read in a southern British accent.
Audio © 2012 Martin Harris
Image © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (used with permission)
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A Poison Tree
by William Blake (1757-1827)
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 water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my 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 veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
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wrath (n) - great anger; fury often marked by a desire for vengeance
deceitful (a) -- full of (misleading) lies
deceit (n) deception (n) - a strategem;
a trick; a lie
deceive (v) - to cause to believe what is not true;
mislead.
*wiles (npl) - tricks or to get someone to do something;
- trickery intended to persuade somebody to do something, especially in the form of insincere charm or flattery
wily (adj) -- full of wiles; cunning, crafty
*bear (bore borne) (v) -- to carry; to give birth to.
Often used in the phrase:
to bear sth. in mind (=to consider sth.)
it must be borne in mind that...
the consequences must be borne in mind.
*behold (beheld beheld) (v)- to perceive; notice
foe (n) -- enemy
*steal (stole stolen) (v) sneak: to move quietly, especially in the hope of not been seen or caught
(the more common meaning is to take something without permission)
veil (v) to cover/hide veil (n) to cover/hide
the pole -- the north star
*uncommon or poetical word
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KLAUS DID IT SO WELL
yeeeess haha
So true
OMG! Yes! Joseph Morgan was amazing and much more better! :)
Yess agreed
An excellent recitation that deserves appreciation and recognition. Thank you!
Thanks :)
Terrific! Read with much discernment. Bravo!
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
This is basically DMC 5
Dmc brought me here 😂
My favourite Blake's poem, good reading, thanks
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favourites too! :)
very good poetry,,i told my wrath my wrath did end,,very psychological,
Nice work. The reading voice fits the lyrics in such a great way. I once created a piano & guitar song to fit the poem in a musical way on my channel.
LOVE
This is indeed the ancient Snake offering the fruit bright to humans.
Well done Martin, thank you...
klaus was reading the poem from a page inside a book called poison tree, whats the name of the book?
@Sarah Miller he was asking that in common not to you specifically...so if you don't know you should not have replied
The poem was published in 1794 as a part of William Blake’s collection of poems Songs of Experience. You could read more about it here if you’d like.
theliterarycompendium.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/on-the-deadly-nature-of-anger-through-a-reading-of-william-blakes-a-poison-tree/
RIP X
Perfect. Thank you very much 💪
You're very welcome :)
@@martinharris7339 🙏
Look in Collins or Oxford English Dictionary:
Actually, in the UK it can be pronounced either roth or rath, buy in the US it tends to be rath. I would describe my accent as southern RP. :)
From Collins online English Dictionary:
wrath [rɒθ]
n
1. angry, violent, or stern indignation
2. divine vengeance or retribution
3. Archaic a fit of anger or an act resulting from anger
adj
Obsolete incensed; angry
[Old English wrǣththu; see wroth]
wrathless adj
its roth if u r from England
Devil May Cry
Devils never cry
Actually it should be Wrath as wroth refers to the adjective
Who’s here after the first episode of Peaky blinders season 6? 👀
After Peaky Blinders, I committed this great poem to memory.
yep
Came here from Peaky blinders
Yeah same as me
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 waterd it in fears,
Night & 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 veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Leave your wrath,
Shall it not end.
Did it not of importance,
Your health or your foe,
Forget your wrath,
Or Dementia will help you accomplish it well.
Written by Eve k.
Curious, what's with the pronunciation of "wrath" as "roth"? What British accent is it that does that?
Wrath is ALWAYS pronounced 'roth' unless you are some kind of ignoramus! Mind you a lot of Americans suffer with lack of education so that could be the problem?
'Wrath' isn't pronounced as 'roth' in North American English. Mind you a lot of Britons suffer from nauseating pride so that could be the problem?
O.K. what's the excuse for 'I dove into the water'? A 'dove' is a bloody BIRD!!! The past tense which Americans seem to have no idea about is 'DIVED'. Here's another one: 'I fit that last week'. If it was last week then you 'FITTED' it!!! It's not a case of nauseating pride, it's hearing your language being abused and murdered over and over again! These are obvious signs of lack of proper education! Why is it sooooo hard? No matter how many times you say something wrongly it is still wrong, wrong, wrong and always will be! If you don't like our language get one of your own.
Leatheryed1 Americans use fitted, also, British people fuck up the langugae as well, for example, the fact that you know longah pronounce R's at the end of words. Why? Stop being so painfully egotistical. Your country no longer matters. America has taken over and we now define what is and isn't English, because as far as anyone else is concerned, it is only the language of the most powerful nation on the face of the Earth. Be hapoy that something from England's history will be remembered at all.
Leatheryed1 I know this is old, but I hope in these last few months you’ve both realized that neither matters and the entire argument was as stupid and ignorant as it gets. Neither is wrong, they are both correct. Who gives a shit.
done well
good
XXXTENTACION
I grow poison trees
Who is here from the originals !
Too fast
Who comes after hearing it from Thomas Shelby like please
I'm here because of the Blur song Magpie
klaus did better but it was good yok
*too
This may well be a 'British Accent' and while this fact mitigates somewhat against the appalling American accents on the likes of LibriVox - the delivery still suffers from over-accented words and phrases. Poetry reading is arguably the most difficult art to master - even Dylan Thomas failed to do it.Other nationalities may not be aware of the huge variety and richness of accents in Britain of which 'received pronunciation' is but one and most certainly not the one Blake would have spoken. As an old Tyke (Yorkshireman) I find the locutionary concessions I made to a standardised pronunciation in my youth are thankfully disappearing with age and I begin to sound more like my granddad - though, alas, that joyous sound doesn't exist anywhere any more.
I feel the same way about the old sub-appalachian/Piedmont Southern American accent where I hail from in the the US (North Carolina). Many of the older folks of my youth and young man days had this rich and wonderful pre-internet accent. I have a little something (considering I was 10 when we got the internet) but not like them. I mostly noticed it in myself in word/phrase choices and accenting certain parts of words. As communication continues to grow I fear accent distinctiveness will shrink, and i'm not sure what we can do about it
I came here after peaky blinders s6e1
Ugggh... What is this?? 😔
My all time, forever favourite poem✨ read by someone who shouldn't use his voice for entertaining purposes..😢
My mind is now screaming for Joseph Morgan (Klaus) version..
I have no intention of shaming or insulting the person speaking in this video.. Simply stating the fact:
He shouldn't use his voice for entertaining purposes.. 🙊
This was rather traumatic for me.. and im not exaggerating. 😔
Sorry somebody with some emotion.
ROTH
Thomas shelby did it well
BRI'ISH
done well