In william blake’s poem “a poison tree,” the tree stands for ……….
a. the need to eat and drink
b. nature’s beauty
c. the speaker’s opponent
d. the speaker’s fury

the poem: a poison tree

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 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