Re-read lines 5-8 of the poem: “And I watered it in fears Night and morning with my tears And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles” What impact does the figurative language have on the poem’s meaning?
A) The speaker’s wrath ripens like a piece of fruit that, like the foe, is outwardly beautiful but inwardly rotten
B) The speaker tends to their wrath like a plant, implying that the speaker does actually care for their foe because of the attention paid to them
C) The speaker’s wrath grows every time their foe smiles or acts kindly towards the speaker, which suggests that nothing can overcome hatred
D) The speaker tends to their wrath like a plant that produces a poisoned fruit, implying that anger can feel satisfying but is toxic to let grow.
