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Read the poem.

A Poison Tree

by William Blake

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

When the night had veil’d the pole;

In the morning glad I see

My foe outstretch’d beneath the tree.

How does the imagery of the second stanza affect this poem?

A) It gives the poem an optimistic or upbeat tone.

B) It shifts the tone of the poem from serious to comic.

C) It imbues the poem with a deeply gloomy or melancholic tone.

D) It allows the poem's malicious tone to emerge and develop.

The poem 'A Poison Tree' by William Blake demonstrates the consequences followed by suppression of anger. The speaker reflects that the nourishment of anger that is reminiscent of the darker side of the human psyche leads to disastrous consequences. As per the question, the imagery in the stanza assists the readers to visualize the emergence and development of anger as the author decides to not tell it which 'watered' it and eventually turned it into 'poison'. This stanza portrays the growth of 'wrath' and 'anger' inside him which is contributing to the malicious tone of the poem as the 'wrath' that he kept inside has 'poisoned' him and can harm anyone now. Thus, option D is the correct answer.